Junior firefighters

A 20 year old volunteer firefighter from Pennsylvania has been charged with indecent assault for sexually assaulting a junior firefighter last year.  Joseph Traino, of the Chambers Hill Fire Company, was in court yesterday on charges that date back to ...

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A volunteer firefighter is in serious trouble in Pennsylvania for what appears to have been a highly inappropriate prank involving a minor. Chad Richey, 29, of the Citizen’s Hose Company No. 1 in  Glassport, has been charged with sexual abuse ...

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A bizarre story is emerging from Piermont, New York where a father is alleging that his son was sodomized as part of a ritualized hazing of new members in a volunteer fire department. Mark Bernstein has filed suit against the ...

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A Carlisle, Pennsylvania fire captain has been accused of sexually assaulting a 13 year of female junior firefighter. Dana Franklin Jr., 22, has been charged with statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of children.  He was arraigned ...

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On May 7, 2010, the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled that a fire department would not be held liable for sexual abuse committed by a former fire chief. The suit was one of two brought by ...

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Under the heading of you can’t make this stuff up, comes a really dumb – but in many ways even more tragic – incident from Connecticut involving several junior firefighters, and a few non-so junior firefighters. While in the Quaker ...

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