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Youth counselor took $70K in bribes to sneak drugs, blades into NYC juvenile detention facility: investigators
Youth counselor took $70K in bribes to sneak drugs, blades into NYC juvenile detention facility: investigators
Lymek Frazier, 33, is charged with taking more than $70,000 in bribes to sneak contraband into a Brooklyn juvenile detention facility.
nypost.com
A youth counselor at a juvenile detention facility in Brooklyn pocketed more than $70,000 in bribes to sneak in drugs and weapons, Big Apple investigators said Thursday.
Lymek Frazier, 31, is accused of taking payments from relatives and friends of youths locked up at the Crossroads Juvenile Center through cash apps, including over $21,000 in bribes in 48 “transactions” over just six months last year, the New York City Department of Investigation announced.
“This defendant was trusted to ensure the safety and well-being of the young people under his supervision as a youth development specialist,” DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber said.
“He betrayed that trust when, as charged, he accepted illicit payments to smuggle contraband into the Crossroads Juvenile Center, jeopardizing the safety of its residents and staff,” she said.
Frazier was hired in November 2023 to work at Crossroads — one of two juvenile detention centers in the five boroughs — that houses about 175 criminal defendants between the ages of 14 and 20.
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But at least 112 cell phones and nearly 700 blades were recovered inside the facility between March 2022 and last month — thanks to staffers like Frazier, according to investigators.
In total, the DOI said he accepted $72,356 to sneak in contraband, arranging payments to provide the troubled youths with drugs and tobacco — using code words like “1 zip,” “sprinkles” and “grabba.”
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He was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court late Wednesday and was released on a $100,000 bond and ordered to remain in home detention with an ankle monitor, the DOI said.
Commentary:
The increase in juvenile crime in some urban areas has drawn comparisons to the chaotic violence depicted in "A Clockwork Orange," as both involve youth engaging in serious criminal behavior. Experts suggest that lenient laws and a lack of accountability for juvenile offenders may be contributing factors to this troubling trend.
The perception of increased crime in blue cities is often linked to leniency in enforcement and policies aimed at rehabilitation rather than punishment. However, overall trends show that juvenile offending has generally decreased in recent years, despite some spikes in specific areas like firearm use among youth.
The increase in juvenile crime in some urban areas may be linked to perceptions of leniency in law enforcement and a lack of accountability, similar to themes presented in "A Clockwork Orange," where youth exhibit chaotic and violent behavior due to a lack of impulse control and societal boundaries. The film raises questions about the consequences of failing to instill a sense of responsibility and the impact of a lawless environment on young people.
This particular case just enforces the theories that more enforcement is required.
The day of leniency of teenage crime has ended at least in D.C., but lives on in Democrat controlled Blue Cities.
They never show the pictures of the other ones. We know who they are.
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