The Silver State Academy on the Yerington Paiute Reservation in Nevada. Photo from SSA
The Yerington Paiute Tribe of Nevada called in law enforcement agencies once again to investigate a disturbance at a youth facility on the reservation. A fight and two fires broke out at the Silver State Academy on Saturday night, The Reno Gazette-Journal reported. According to the paper, more than 40 fire fighters and officers from various jurisdictions responded to the incident, the third of its kind in the last three months. "Another riot broke out with two structure fires and 10 escapees. I do not know the riot’s root cause," Lyon County Sheriff Al McNeil said on Facebook. All 10 youth were located and returned to the facility, which provides residential treatment services to at-risk male youth. It's not technically a detention center. Get the Story:
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