WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) – Missouri health officials have stopped admissions to a suburban St. Louis youth residential treatment center after three employees were arrested on suspicion of abusing a child or failing to report it.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained reports from Webster Groves police showing that two women and a man in their 20s were arrested on Jan. 21. All three worked for the treatment center Great Circle.
The reports say the arrests stemmed from an incident on Jan. 19, and list the occupations of those arrested as a teacher, youth care specialist and an intensive behavioral technician.
Great Circle is a nonprofit and the largest provider of residential treatment for children in Missouri, with 13 locations mostly serving youth in the foster care system.
Police Chief Dale Curtis said in an email that “it is alleged that the victim in this incident was struck in the head with a hand from behind, was body-pinned and dragged down a hallway,” and that the arrests are part of a “larger, ongoing investigation.”
No charges have been filed.
A spokeswoman for Great Circle said she can’t comment on “employee matters,” but said there was no interruption to daily operations.
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