BANGOR (AP) — A former student who was assaulted at the Job Corps center in Maine and his mother have sued the company that operates the school over the student’s dismissal last year.
Gregory Poindexter and Chevonne Handy of Stamford, Conn., allege Poindexter was assaulted by three other students when he was 17, then kicked out of school because of alleged gang activity.
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