Three employees of Adams County Children and Youth Services (ACCYS) were back in court after being charged with child endangerment. They requested the judge to consider a similar case from Lackawanna County as a framework. In that case, charges against five caseworkers were dismissed based on immunity from prosecution.
Three Adams County Children and Youth Services employees were back in court on Tuesday after being charged with child endangerment in Aug. 2023. Steven Murphy, a caseworker; Clarissa Kiessling, his supervisor; and Sherri Depasqua, a CYS assistant administrator were each present in court with their defense attorneys. The hearing was a short one after motions were filed on behalf of the ACCYS employees asking the judge to use the June 2023 Lackawanna County case as framework in this one.
In June 2023, five Lackawanna County caseworkers were charged with child endangerment and failure to report on the suspicion of child abuse. However, in January 2024, only seven months after their arrest, all the charges against the five caseworkers were dismissed. The judge in the case ruled that the caseworkers were immune from prosecution as per state law
Adams County Children And Youth Services Court Child Endangerment Caseworkers Lackawanna County Charges Immunity
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