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Juvenile Detention Officer Pleads Guilty to the use of Excessive Force

MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Morris County Department of Human Services Director Jennifer Carpinteri announce that on March 21, the defendant, Katria Thorne-Stevenson, 32, Newark, pled guilty before the Honorable Catherine Enright, J.S.C., to the charge of Simple Assault, a Disorderly Persons offense.

Thorne-Stevenson started at the facility on August 21, 2006 and was paid $40,008 annually. The Morris County Juvenile Detention Center is located at 460 West Hanover Avenue.

The plea arose from an investigation into a claim that the defendant, who was a Juvenile Detention Officer at the Morris County Juvenile Detention Center, used excessive force during the course of duty.  The County and Juvenile Detention Center fully cooperated with the investigation.

The investigation revealed that on November 5, 2016, the defendant, while attempting to physically restrain a juvenile who was then detained at the Morris County Juvenile Detention Center, struck the juvenile in the face with a closed fist, in excess of the force needed to accomplish any lawful purpose. The juvenile was handcuffed at the time and there was no justifiable need for force to be used at that point. The juvenile received physical injury, to wit, a bruise and swelling to her lip.

The defendant surrendered to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office on March 21. As part of the plea agreement, the defendant agreed to immediately resign her position with the County of Morris and is barred from seeking any future law enforcement, juvenile corrections or adult corrections position in the State of New Jersey.

The sentencing date is April 28, 2017.

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Frank L. Cahill
Frank L. Cahill
Publisher of Parsippany Focus since 1989 and Morris Focus since 2019, both covering a wide range of events. Mr. Cahill serves as the Executive Board Member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce, Governor-Elect NJ District Kiwanis International and Chairman of Parsippany-Troy Hills Economic Development Advisory Board.
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