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"Interestingly enough, Ms. Steffey´s is not the first lawsuit filed in Stark County for illegal strip search. On May 18, 2007, three girls aged 14,15 and 16 arrived at the Multi-County Juvenile Attention Center for an arraignment following charges of "criminal trespass on a public sidewalk".
Instead of going before a judge the girls were informed by a court worker that the case would be over if they agreed to 20 hours of community service, to attend school regularly and take a 15 minute tour of the Attention Center.
Unbeknownst to the girl´s parents, who waited downstairs for the tour to be over, the girls were taken upstairs and strip-searched while guards made disparaging remarks. There was no reason for the strip search as the girls were not under arrest or about to be confined and they had been through a metal detector and searched upon entering the building.
Sheriff Swanson confirms that an investigation is underway, but states no conclusions have been reached.Canton Rep"
Start County Strip Searches: American Chronicle - February 4, 2008
This is OUTRAGEOUS! Three little girls! I hope they sue Stark County for everything they can, and fire all the deputies that were involved!
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