by WWASP Survivors | Dec 12, 2017 | Ben Trane Trial, News
Jury selection began Tuesday in Keokuk for Ben Trane’s criminal trial. Trane faces charges of sexual abuse of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor, and child endangerment, all in relation to his conduct as owner and director of Midwest Academy, a...
by WWASP Survivors | Nov 3, 2017 | News
We’re digging into Narvin’s criminal records. (More on that later, stay tuned…especially you, Narv! We know you read these!) As we were digging through the not-inconsiderable number of records, we ran across this little nugget: Narvin Lichfield has...
by WWASP Survivors | Jan 13, 2017 | News
It has recently come to our attention that a school calling itself “Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School” has recently been opened in a South Carolina property formerly occupied by WWASP program Carolina Springs Academy. It’s natural to wonder if this is...
by WWASP Survivors | Feb 5, 2016 | Ben Trane Trial, News
Midwest Academy has been closed Friday after authorities raided the school in Keokuk, Iowa and a related site in nearby Montrose, while investigating into alleged sexual abuse of children at the school by staff. According to local TV station KHQA, authorities ordered...
by WWASP Survivors | Jan 29, 2016 | Ben Trane Trial, News
Earlier today, officials from a number of Iowa state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Iowa State Police, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Special Enforcement Operations Bureau, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Iowa...
by WWASP Survivors | Jul 18, 2015 | News, Politics
By Rep. Adam Schiff Congressmen from California Read full article here: Op Ed – Stop Child Abuse in Residential Treatment Programs for Teens Act 2015 This piece was co-authored by Jodi Hobbs, the founder and President of the Survivors of Institutional Abuse...
