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Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire

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Ramer, H. (2026, September 14). Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/ex-youth-detention-center-counselor-faces-sex-assault-trial-in-new-hampshire/article_606ec243-e2f3-5b88-ba16-8b32504a5327.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-14 · by Holly Ramer
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Jeffrey Buskey, a former counselor at New Hampshire’s Youth Development Center (now known as the Sununu Youth Services Center) in Manchester, is set to stand trial on Monday for sexual assault charges involving four boys who were residents of the facility in the late 1990s. The trial will focus on 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault against one of those boys, David Meehan, who was 14 years old when he entered the center in 1995. Buskey’s arrest in 2016 led to a major scandal concerning youth detention practices across the United States.
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A sexual assault trial began on Monday for Jeffrey Buskey, a former youth counselor from Litchfield, New Hampshire, aged 60. The case stems from allegations involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester during the late 1990s. Specifically, Buskey faces 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault related to one victim, David Meehan, who was just 14 years old when he entered the facility now known as the Sununu Youth Services Center in 1995. This trial marks the beginning of significant legal proceedings following a major youth detention scandal that erupted more than seven years ago and drew national attention due to its severity and impact on multiple victims.

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Litchfield MANCHESTER N.H. New Hampshire U.S.

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MANCHESTER GPE · 2× David Meehan PERSON · 1× Jeffrey Buskey PERSON · 1× Litchfield GPE · 1× N.H. GPE · 1× New Hampshire GPE · 1× U.S. GPE · 1× the Sununu Youth Services Center ORG · 1× the Youth Development Center ORG · 1×

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In the first of his cases to go to trial, he is charged with 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault involving David Meehan, who was 14 when he arrived at the facility now called the Sununu Youth Services Center in 1995.
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2026-09-14 · Toronto Star
Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire · assertive framing

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A sexual assault trial starts Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history. asserted
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Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester in the late 1990s. asserted
Buskey → face → 1990s
In the first of his cases to go to trial, he is charged with 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault involving David Meehan, who was 14 when he arrived at the facility now called the Sununu Youth Services Center in 1995. asserted
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