Meantime, DeVore is trying to keep the kids busy from sunup to sundown. For the first time since the justice center opened, Assistant Superintendent Mcleod said, the youths have after-school activities. On Monday afternoon, David "Pawn Master" McDuffie played chess with five boys at a time - simultaneously. Four rounds later, he was still undefeated, but, he said, actually they won, because "they got the lesson."
julie.bykowicz@baltsun.com
Recent violence
Dec. 10: A boy playing cards is jumped by two boys who kick and stomp him so badly that his skull is fractured and his jaw broken.
Dec. 31: A New Year's Eve melee involving 24 juveniles results in assaults, broken furniture and the police and fire departments being called.
March 4: Education staff member suffers a bruised rib when a desk thrown by a juvenile strikes her chest.
April 17: Residential adviser trainee receives a neck brace and 14 staples to his head after being hit with a chair during a six-youth assault on him.
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