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 a WWASP program. We cannot answer that question, but we can offer some insights.
Location
On its Facebook page, Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School lists its address as “226 green acres ln [sic] Donalds, SC 29638”. This is the same address used by Carolina Springs Academy, then by Magnolia Christian School, and more recently, Seneca Ranch. While location isn’t everything, WWASP programs have a history of shutting down and then reopening in the same location under the same name with the same staff. It’s impossible to know if that is the case here, but it is suggestive.
Ownership
Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School does not list the names of any staff or owners on its website (link to Internet Archive in case page becomes unavailable). However, an IP whois search reveals the owner of the domain to be Narvin Lichfield, the past owner of Carolina Springs. He was also involved with Dundee Ranch, which was also reopened as Pillars of Hope. Again, this is not definitive, but it does fit with the pattern that WWASP programs generally and Narvin personally have followed in the past. Additionally, the website says that staff “at Palmetto has many years of experience working with mental behavioral health services with troubled youth. highly qualified in mental health services and truly care about the students under their care. They are real mentors and youth role models [sic, all typos appear in original]”. This seems to imply the staff has had past associations with other teen programs. One is led to wonder which programs these are and why they are not listed on the website.
Narvin Lichfield
Costa Rica Connection
When it was open, Carolina Springs had a sister school with which Narvin Lichfield was also associated, originally called Dundee Ranch. It was shut down by Costa Rican authorities and reopened as Pillars of Hope, and then shut down again. Seneca Ranch (link to Internet Archive in case page becomes unavailable) also advertised itself as having a
“Spanish Language Immersion, American Culture and History–December, January, February Christmas Mission Trip in Costa Rica: An incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience to participate in our mission service program while involved in our Spanish language immersion program. This is held at our Pillars of Hope Language Institute, at Teen Discovery Costa Rica.”
(It should be noted Teen Discovery Costa Rica appears to be another school with alleged WWASP ties.) Likewise, Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School offers the same exact “opportunity”, in almost the same words:
“Spanish Language Immersion, American Culture and History–December, January, February Christmas Mission Trip in Costa Rica: An incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience to participate in our mission service program while involved in our Spanish language immersion program. This is held at our Pillars of Hope Language Institute, at Teen Discovery Costa Rica.[sic]”
One wonders why the mention of Pillars of Hope was omitted. Interestingly, Palmetto’s site even displays a picture of Dundee Ranch.
Academics
Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School appears to offer a distance learning school program on site. This is how most WWASP programs ran their academic programs.
Conclusions
So is Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School a WWASP program? One point to note is that, from a legal standpoint, WWASP has ceased to exist as a formal corporation or organization. In this regard, Palmetto cannot technically be said to be a WWASP member. However, there are certainly troubling similarities. Not being a formal member of WWASP does not prevent some schools run by past WWASP programs owners and associates from employing a very WWASP-like scheme in their own programs. Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School does appear to have some alarming hallmarks of this copycatting.
Additionally, there are other red flags about the program in general. It’s hard to understand why parents would be willing to fork over almost $5,000 a month to send their teens to a “school” whose website is replete with obvious typos. (As a side note, on its website, Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School appears to employ a bizarre capitalization scheme in which the first letters of non-proper nouns are capitalized for emphasis. This scheme appears identical to one used in WWASP literature that was common enough to be remarked as a actual phenomenon by WWASP survivors and parents.) One wonders at the ability of a school to teach children when its administration apparently have a fairly feeble grasp of the rules of proper English usage. Is this truly money well spent?
Ultimately, the question of how WWASP-like Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School is cannot be answered without first-hand reports of students, given once these students are free of any potential coercion. It’s hard to say when these might arrive. Until then, we caution parents to carefully research this or any other program they are considering, check our list of red flags, and consider the opinions of mental health and medical professionals such as those at A START.
Could Bill Boyle’s contact me at 864-462-0237
Thanks Narvin
No Bill Boyle’s here. Could you perhaps mean Bill Boyles? Jesus you are bad at grammar for someone who speaks English as a first language (I assume, although from these comments it’s hard to tell tbh) and who apparently runs a “Boarding School” that costs thousands of dollars a month…
Sincerely,
Bill Boyles.
Fuck Narvin Lichfield and fuck WWASP. Did you hear Ben Trane just got formally charged with sex abuse crimes? I hope Narvin goes to prison next. That idiot left his number on here? lmfao
Been in narvins programs he’s not bad. He’s a person who tried to help people in everyway he can. Everyone who is talking crap about this program are just pissed off because they were sent here. Even if stuff happened 10 years ago, Marvin was never in Costa Rica when the child abuse allegations were made against him. They arrested him in South Carolina for a kid who said Marvin was beating him. Again if you know narv you know this isn’t true.
He got arrested when he actually went down to Costa Rica but this time was because of a private investigator who didn’t think having so many bunks in one room was right so they arrested him for child abuse over it. He was later trialed innocent for a reason. Not because he can back himself up but because there was no kids who actually said they were abused to the cops . No kid has actually said “Marvin lichfield abused me.” He’s had camera inside of his property’s and his programs that live feed just to further prove nothing goes on that isn’t listed in the contract. You people are so stupid and desperate to ruin a mans life over yalls aroogance. For real get a life. Marvin helped changed me as well as many other kids I was in the program with. So anyone who says he’s a child abuser doesn’t know a thing.
my favorite is how you can’t even decide if you’re going to call him narvin or marvin.
He isn’t what you think he was when you knew him. I’m going to try and make a lawsuit against him it’s in the making. I’ve been sexually assaulted by him and abused by his wife. There was a lot of shit that happened there that wasn’t supposed to. When i was there there were two name changes to the school. i attended 3 years ago and now i love on my own and am successful but it took a lot of therapy after leaving to become my true self. I watched them abuse a girl that they didn’t even know had autism until she was discharged. If only they knew then they would’ve understood why she was too slow for them. a suicide happened and we the kids found the body of one of our closest friends that attended with us and there just simply isn’t enough therapy or help or supervision. it’s just a method to gain money. The list goes on of what happened to me and i hope i help a lot of other girls i know speak up about their experiences with marvin.
Hello, this is a concerned parent in SC wondering will my child truly be safe at this school? I may be missinformed, but I recently watch a documentary on Netflix by Katherine Kubler, which had foolproof evidence that staff abuse children here. I simply wish to understand the 100% true intentions of these schools.
Hello, this is a concerned parent in SC wondering will my child truly be safe at this school? I may be missinformed, but I recently watch a documentary on Netflix by Katherine Kubler, which had foolproof evidence that staff abuse children here. I simply wish to understand the 100% true intentions of these schools.
Hello, this is a concerned parent in SC wondering will my child truly be safe at this school? I may be missinformed, but I recently watch a documentary on Netflix by Katherine Kubler, which had foolproof evidence that staff abuse children here. I simply wish to understand the 100% true intentions of these schools.
Palmetto school and you are frauds. I’m not sure how you can live with yourself you have ruined loves and created problems that are permanent I’m people’s lives. You are affiliated with them because they run the same home you did. Same program. Why won’t you meet any of us face to face. You piece of shit. Darvin Litchfield I hope someone strangled you while you sleep. Also are you sur3 that they aren’t going to try and sue you for not informing them that your property and namr has no value. I’ll keep saying bad things about them mom stop. Feel free to contact me anytime. 2076997968
Do your research Dustin
Yet his property values over 5 million dollars. You think he’s going to waste his time meeting up with someone when he gots things to be done.
narvin or marvin is a horrible person i had been in his program from december 3rd 2018 to june 2019. this was the most horrible time of my life. thinking of the type of person narvin claims to be in his real life is horrible. i was in south carolina for 2 months before going to costa rica, my mom was told we would be there for a month mission trip.. we stayed for around 5 months and i would still be there now if i hadn’t have gotten a chance to tell my mom things that were going on. we would be sleep deprived and mentally abused, we were always threatened and weren’t even living on dundee ranch like my mom had been told. in fact we were planning on working on dundee ranch ( the students ) we had already built flori ( narvins wife ) mom a house and when i had left we were building flori & narvin one. the verbal abuse and threats that are used are not okay. sickness wasn’t a thing we had been taken out of country to pannama and came back to costa rica with parasites. the whole time i was there i wanted the whole experience to be over whether that meant i’d be dead or alive. i had also been touched after a temple trip in the 3 rd back row car seat by a 34 year old member of the church who didn’t even speak english. i was told “ that’s costa rica men “. if that’s costa rica men i definitely did not want to be in costa rica or with people who could care less about my well being. all teens make the same mistakes, if your child isn’t behaving right i’m 99.9% sure some type of therapy or treatment is better than a place full of lies
NARVIN LICHFIELD IS A PEDOPHILE.
HE HAS RAPED AND OR TRIED TO RAPE ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS IN FLORY’S (HIS WIFE) FAMILY.
FROM WHAT I’M READING IN THE AVOVE COMMENTS, I GUESS SHE’S INTO THAT S*** TOO.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
PEDOPHILIA IS THE GLUE THAT KEEPS ALL THESE LIKE-MINDED FOLKS TOGETHER.
THESE TRUE STORIES UNIMAGINABLE!!
THEY MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN BROUGHT UP OR WHEN THEY ARE TALKED ABOUT.
BUT GET OVER IT, BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO A CHILD.
HOW DO YOU THINK THE GIRLS WHO WENT THROUGH THIS TORTURE FELT?
SERIOUSLY guys, media from like 2008 at the most recent, Inside Edition, other clips… I have metMarvin in person and see all of them every few months as my son is there. He and his wife are absolutely open and transparent about the rules and consequences even cameras and that they do read over letters. I talk to my son about once a week, he is NOT cut off from his family in the slightest. The horses are well cared for as evidenced by their appearance, fearlessness behavior, and breeding behaviors. This is NOT. A WWASP school. Marvin already explained to you NUMEROUS times and would be happy to PROVE to you he is not affiliated with it as of early 2000’s. I have seen the documentation in person, spoken to him at length before I ever decided to let my son be there. He is doing beautifully and it has really been a Godsend. I do know many many of Therapeutic schools were shut down, for provable reasons. But Palmetto is. It one of those places. Given your lack of concrete and measurable proof , and RECENT proof, it seems this is simply a place for bitter parents and former students to vent. No one is more protective of their son than I am. STOP including this school. Marvin only helped Robert acquire some la d in different parts around the country and world. As soon as things got. Ad he stepped out; he knew it was wrong and as he said no longer has professional contact with his brother. He has given you all his number to talk with him and from what I see none of the about 40 of you are interested in resolution. And if you are so afraid to talk with him, then leave palmetto alone. I am sorry for the suffering and loss from other schools, but all I are doing here is terrorizing the shut out of parents who have their kids at Palmetro… needlessly. Show something CONCRETE on THIS school , and in the last 5 years or DROP IT from your this site. Thank you.
And 226 is the official business address. WTF is the point of pointing out the obvious? And if there are so many of u damaged by Marvin, where are you?!?where are the court cases? Documentation? Criminal records? not hearsay not old web links guys.
Jennifer just stop. please. it hurts a lot to see what u say. have u ever heard that looks deceive. he deceived. i was sexually harassed by him a couple times and then there was the last time and it involved a lot more than the other times. he was married to flory and i was close to her so it hurt and it still hurts and confused me. this was three years ago. that school is still running and personally i’m filing a lawsuit. that is one of twenty of the things that happened to me not only from him but from flory as well
A lot to unpack here, but it’s late. This comment will receive the full ridicule it deserves tomorrow, so stay tuned. Suffice to say the amount of stupid packed into this one comment is actually impressive.I’m looking forward to pointing it all out in excruciating detail.
How doe ridicule help answer or support your claims? All that would do is make you feel superior.. concrete proof is what I am asking for
You can ridicule all you want Bill, if that’s what it takes to make you feel justified. But I am asking for more concrete proof on Marvin. I already did background checks on him. There is not any more stupidity in my comments than in yours. Why ridicule though? How is that helping any future or current student? And 7:45 am is early not late
Apologies, however, Bill. You DID explain that Palmetto was not WWASP. This is just really really painful and went trying to make the best decision we can. We see no harm in our son, and believe me every day without him is a nightmare. Could u please keep that in mind and perhaps not ridicule but help with information? If I have enough info on Marvin that shows he really is bad news then I can take steps…. I am not afraid. First pulling my son of course.. and more recent stuff would hold up a lot more in court…
This is the real Matthew Flota and I don’t know who tf really has the time to impersonate me by making a fake account about me, that is on February.. ……I was in that “program” lol that shit was wack. Marvin or narvin who tf knows anymore????♂️????♂️???? sometimes that lumpy turkey face ass in the neck barley feeds us theres just madd shit to talk about in this little ass box that I’m typing. Aye everybody stay tuned I’ma probably write a book about this shit. No funny shit.
Yo are we talking about
THE
PEDOPHILE
NARVIN LICHFIELD?
WHO LOOKS SOMEWHAT DOWN SYNDROME?
Hi this is Narvin lichfield and Palmetto therapeutic boarding school is owned by Dr Harold Dabel’s group and they asked me to consult when they leased the property from the old WWASP school and because of my association with them they asked me to continue to consult with them and help them with their websites.
I ceased my affiliation with any wasp program in 2008 and there is no connection with them whatsoever other than they obtained control of the property and operate a non Wwasp, not affiliated program with Robert Lichfield in any form legally or professionally
We ask you to cease and desist on continuing to use the name Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School or Palmetto Boarding School in any form with the wasp affiliation because they have no affiliation whatsoever… The original owner bob lichfield who I have not spoken to professional in five years will freely admit that we have no affiliation with his defunct group whatsoever and with him now whatsoever and we will have to consider legal remedies if the site is not removed web results
We have 2 parents verified that used your website as the reason that they went somewhere else and didn’t so far that is $90,000 in damages and counting I personally don’t care about anything you write about the Wwasp that I was loosely affiliated with years ago and I ended my affiliation purposely…
but Palmetto therapeutic boarding school has no affiliation and you are creating damages against it legally by trying to make an affiliation that doesn’t exist and you will be responsible for those damages.
Please cease and desist using there name immediately
Thanks So much
Sincerely
Narvin Lichfield
Please contact me at 864-462-0237
Dear Narvin,
In our opinion, our website fairly clearly and emphasizes that we have no knowledge whatsoever about whether Palmetto is a WWASP-affiliated school or not. In fact, as we point out, WWASP is a defunct entity, so by definition Palmetto cannot be a member of WWASP . Perhaps parents are being scared off by your arrest history, or accusations by the Costa Rican government that you abused children, or the allegations of horrific animal rights abuses at your properties. Either way, if you have specific language to which you object, we’re willing to take a look. However, you’re going to have to try harder than this.
WS
PS. *their name.
You’d think a man who claims to be running a school would at least know the difference between there, their, and they’re and could at least write a more coherent comment than the garbled nonsense above.
WS
Dear “narvin”,
You’re an idiot. You said that “you are creating damages legally .” Why yes this site is operating legally. Did your dumbass mean “illegally” ?! I know you focus on abusing children not educating them so I’ll ignore all the other typos as well. Kill your self would be my advice.
Also if Marvin is so terrible and responsible for all these horrors, why did so many of you back out of the class action suit? Bullshit it was his fault, money or not. If you really have concrete stuff then FIGHT, not just bitch and moan here. Stand up for those who have suffered. Putting down Marvin is t doing anything to bring any justice to what u claim is an evil situation. With all due reapect, put up or shut up. Links do t count. Your little Facebook page mocking his horse ranch and schools WHICH ONLY 40 of u follow is nothing but angry and bitter grown children who quite likely never did get the help they needed or quit the program.
I don’t get why u don’t use your obvious intelligence , and I mean that sincerely , to do something other than troll, basically… I am sorry for what u have been through , however that’s what I don’t get. Why have the lot of you not gathered together to prosecute? The only people ridiculing my feedback helps is you. Would be a lot more powerful to use this forum to petition, get more evidence, post personal wxperiences, and network to see if justice can be gotten for all those like you who have suffered, IMHO.
Okay. I finally have the time to give your comments the reply they deserve.
First of all, you claim to know him but you keep calling him Marvin. His name is Narvin. That’s the name he was born with. It isn’t a typo, at least not on our end. So either A, you don’t know him half as well as you think you do and have bought into his Marvin Lichfield or Marvin Sheffield bullshit. or B, you know but you are aiding him in obfuscating and running away from his past. I don’t blame him for wanting to hide it, it’s a pretty sordid past, which we are going to delve into more deeply in just a moment, but suffice to say, he brought it on himself and I don’t think he should get to run away from it. The kids he’s held at his little camps don’t get to run away from it. I know from personal experience. My own nightmares and issues have yet to end, and I’ve been out for over 16 years now. Same for my wife, who was also sent to one of these disgusting torture camps. We have to deal with the things Narvin and his ilk have done. If we do, so do they. People ought to know who they’re dealing with and that begins by using his correct name: Narvin Lichfield. Now as for that history…
Let me start by saying that I believe there is a strong possibility you are either Narvin himself or someone working directly for him and at his behest, so I’m going to couch what I say very carefully for legal reasons. We’ll stick to established facts. I honestly don’t think anyone in their right mind would need more than that to reconsider their decision to entrust their precious children to Narvin Lichfield.
Let’s start with some easy stuff, like Narvin’s arrest for passing bad checks and driving on a suspended license. This is an indisputable fact. You are sending thousands of dollars to a man with a demonstrable record of money issues and an inability to keep up with even the simplest of clerical tasks, like keeping a license valid. Is that really a good idea? I suppose that’s up to you to decide, but if it was me, I’d never trust my money to someone who was allegedly kiting checks.
Next is something more disturbing, namely the animal abuse. Narvin Lichfield was accused of some pretty horrific animal abuse. There were the carcasses of dead livestock removed from his property, as were some still-living horses that animal control officers thought were in danger. The pictures are pretty disturbing. Narvin denies abusing the animals, but he would, wouldn’t he? Only Narvin and those livestock know what truly happened, but I know that I personally would never entrust my kids to someone I even suspected of abusing animals. Narvin was never convicted, but then again neither were Michael Jackson or Casey Anthony, and I’d never let either of them babysit my kids. But hey, maybe you like gambling with you children, I don’t know, and you seem a little off, so it’s entirely possible.
I’ll be continuing this tomorrow with more on Narvin’s documented legal troubled in Costa Rica involving child abuse and child-welfare agents.
It was actually proved that narvin didn’t write bad checks to anyone. Someone tried writing off checks as him and he got in trouble for it. This was proven when they had narvin write a hundred checks so fast that he couldn’t change his signature. He did this for hours. On every one of these checks he wrote signatures that match with every other check he wrote. IT WAS PROVED HE DIDNT WRITE THOSE CHECKS. Also driving on a suspended license. Lol his insurance lapped and they pulled him over and arrested him overnight for it. The animal poaching, why even bring it up if the things he did back then are legal now? Makes no since just a sad mad wanting to ruin a mans life because your parents sent you to a program against your will
if you say so, champ. i would think that you’re secretly narvin, but you have better grammar…slightly.
Jennifer , you spell as bad as Narvin or whatever he has changed his name to hideout! Is that why your ok with your kid being at a school with such a monster and doesn’t know English or grammar ?!! Did the videos with kids in dog cages make you happy as a parent ?!!
Jennifer, I’m gonna give you the benifit of the doubt, but you sound an awful lot like someone who was put up to this. I sincerely hope you actually have a child in Palmetto, but your complete denial and demeanor suggest otherwise.
Now, if you actually have met “Marvin”, and you are so upset by the accusations of THOUSANDS of children and families, then I’d assume you’d have the respect to not misspell his name in every one of your comments.
You should also take into account that the people, not just “Marvin”, who run these “schools” ( I put schools in quotation because the one I went to was in The US, and wasn’t accredited, so I hardly believe one in Costa Friggin’Rica is any different) make a living feeding you lines, and putting on airs.
Your replies suggest that maybe education is not a focal point for you, being that you seem pretty uneducated yourself, but if the media, the former students, coworkers and parents of people associated with Mr. Litchfield all have corroborated stories, then is it you don’t actually love your child enough to listen, or has the program completely blinded you and fed you the slop you so desperately rely on to feel like you aren’t actually just an enambler.
Still, don’t think if you were a concerned parent, this would be your logic.
Nice try, Marvin.
Jennifer is horribke deplorable mother who’s child will resent her for a lifetime. That’s not enough karma though i feel i need to tell her here myself.
HORRIBLE HORRID MOTHER JENNIFER
KTHANX
Jennifer, it sounds as if your mind is already made. Asking others to justify raising your own child, instead of a group of individuals whom already have admitted to working with an entity that has had several locations shut down for abuse is foolhardy at best. Do some research, take advice, or ride it out and see what happens. I would probably step back and think why people are angry and bitter, rather than send your kid off, and look for answers after. It seems you are looking for answers, but also just angry and wanting to justify your actions by asking others for proof. I bet nothing bad happens in the world that you cant show concrete proof of…
Narvin personally saw bruises on me at both CSA and Pillars of Hope. He personally didn’t give a fuck when he saw how dirty, bruised, and broken I was. He didn’t care that the seminars I went through tortured me. He didn’t care that the educational portion of my school was essentially non-exsistent. He didn’t care that I wasn’t religious, Mormonism it was for me!
I’m STILL terrified of this man, STILL. That is why I personally will not stand up to him. You see it above yourself, $90,000 for 2 students. The funds available to this man have no end, ans neither does his brutality.
And Harold Dabel?! He knew, too. He frequented both of my schools, and his name is signed on my fucking diploma!
Keep your kid there, the only person that hurts is HIM. You’ll see, trust me, you will see. if you’re even a real parent at all.
:/ This is why I do what I do.
I sincerely hope you are just an internet troll Jennifer and not an actual parent with a child in this place. Narvin is nothing short of a money hungry monster that exploits parents with “troubled” kids. You want to call us bitter? Maybe some of us are, even after over a decade of being freed from the various levels of hell your beloved “Marvin” was and still is ruling over. There has been lawsuit after lawsuit filed. You think this was all for being bitter? No, it is for justice. You would think a concerned parent would choose a better option than one of “Marvin’s” brain washing torture facilities, but then again brain washing is what he does best, oh, and also taking kids to his big log cabin to clean and do yard maintenance. Why pay a maid or lawn Care service when you have a bunch of free underage laborers. You say you have good phone calls with your son? I’m sure thats because someone is there telling him if he complains the call we be disconnected. I’m glad the horses are being taken care of since the old ones died from starvation from blatant neglect. I could go on and on about the horrible things about this place. The name may be different, its changed so many times who can keep up?, but the owner is still the same. Would you send a baby to a daycare where its owner had pages among pages of complaints and bad reviews? No person in their right mind would. So why put your child in the care of a “man” who has harmed so many. so many students and staff under the order of Narvin have suffered for years. Whether this is a WWASP school or not is irrelevant. The creator is still there.if he was so damn concerned about helping teens he wouldn’t charge so much, and for NOTHING! If you really care about your sons well being then send him to a Baptist Children’s Home here in North Carolina. that’s where I had to go just 3 short months after leaving Carolina Springs. You would think 18 months and 100 grand at a “Specialty Boarding School” would really help huh? I came home much worse. The children’s home helped so much and for virtually no cost. And there I could have a normal day to day Life and not live in a ground hogs day from hell scenario. If you really are a parent with a kid that needs help I really hope you look for better options. Narvin knows how to put in the best face to make the parents feel like their child is OK when they are actually gradually getting worse.
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0322/6306112a.html
Palmetto, recently renamed Southern Oaks, is owned by Narvin Lichfield, Marvin Lichfield, or Michael Sheffield, he has those 3 identities, however his legal real name is Marvin Lichfield. He uses the name of Harold Dabel to do businesses on his behalf, however I doubt Harold knows what Marvin is doing with his name.
Marvin only cares for his horses, his wife even left him recently. He hits the students, don’t feed them properly or feed them once a day and make them work all day with his horses. He hires people in need promising a good salary, then he doesn’t pay and says that he provides food and housing and that’s the only salary.
He is racist, he hits his wife, soon to be ex wife. Even the local community warns people not to do businesses with Marvin because of his long record of abusing and mistreating people.
His program basically is getting as much money he can so he can get more horses.
Look it up, his new program is called Southern Oaks and will be shut down soon for child abuse, there is no doubt.
He does go by Marvin Lichfield these days. He also goes by Marvin Sheffield. However, he was born (and as far as I know, legally remains) Narvin Lichfield.
As for his new program, we are definitely on it:
https://wwaspsurvivors.com/narvin-lichfield-changes-his-programs-name-again/
His legal name is Marvin Browning Lichfield.
I have some updates:
A child reported abuse from Narvin and his program and DEA shut the place down and sent all the students home, this happened last week.
There is no program and Marvin is trying to hide it from the public, Marvin is going to court very soon.
Also can somebody please contact Harold Dable and tell him the many illegal things Marvin is doing under his name? He is destroying his name and Harold doesn’t even know!
I’m definitely going to have to disagree, since multiple court and other legal records show his name as “Narvin”. He goes by Marvin, probably because he realizes Narvin is a ridiculous name. I have confirmation of his legal name from property records, traffic court records in SC and AZ, and his multiple arrests in SC for deer poaching.
Also, why on earth would the DEA be raiding/shutting down a program? That doesn’t make much sense. If any federal agency was involved in shutting it down, it would generally be the FBI, as has happened with other programs (Casa, Midwest). If not the FBI, usually local or state agencies are the ones shutting it down (Horizon, Ivy Ridge).
And this is how you know the majority of people are lying about what has happened in his program.
let’s say that was true (it’s not, but just for the sake of argument). that would mean a minority were telling the truth, which would mean that people were abused in his program, so either way you’re admitting it was abusive. thanks!
866-395-4884
This phone number is what led me to this site.
This phone number is the same phone number listed on USYouthServices school website for admissions. You can view here: https://web.archive.org/web/20161102055533/http://usyouthservices.com/admissions/
USYouthServices was an Octwell LLC school which I believe was at the same location as the Red River Academy WWASP school that shut down.
Octwell LLC also managed Royal Peak Academy (A.K.A. Royal Gorge Academy) where the convicted Randal Hinton worked after leaving Tranquility Bay. Randal Hinton was convicted of false imprisonment and assault of a minor and is most well known for torturing Layne Brown at Tranquility Bay by pepper spraying him directly in the face at least twice a day while he was tied to a chair.
Not every single one of these places is as extreme as Tranquility Bay, but at a minimum these schools cause life long mental and behavioral health issues to the children sent there. Many of these schools are physically abusive, and ALL of these schools are mentally abusive whether they are touting Behavioral Modification or Positive Peer Culture as program tenants.
Is Narvin Lichfield still running one of these horrific programs? btw, I’m not surprised in the least that he found a “safe” haven in a backwater like South Carolina. Absolutely pathetic what he’s been allowed to get away with. How many young lives has he seriously derailed & even ruined — often with implicit and/or explicit support of conniving, incompetent, hateful parents? Thank you, Bill, for turning the spotlight on this criminal abuser & his shady organizations! Here’s hoping creepy, manipulative, semi-literate Narvin will soon meet his own Waterloo & pay a price similar to convicted serial abuser Ben Trane…
Unfortunately both narvin and his now official ex wife bitch Flora still have kids under their watch!:( i was in the palmetto ranch in 2017 and its still haunting me….i truly hope we can do something about this finally put and end to all that bullshit…theres a kid named anthony that is still there and he needs REAL therapy and medication NOT MORMONISM!!!i feel so bad for him it honestly breaks my heart that he is still with that piece of shit…sometimes i tell my parents what happened to me there and they dont believe me:(((the fucked up part is i dont have anyway to prove it except for the cameras in the building…which are probably destroyed by now….narv is currently in utah…flory is in kansas with her daughter maria…apparantly his beloved horses are abandoned and his 500acres are empty….his neph/fam member tried to do a school there but it failed so the place is now trashed…Tht old saggy mf walked in on me while i was taking a shower🤮🤮he touched my fellow stundent on the waist close to her but the girl was 14!personally he was a fuckn weirdo n spent most of his time listening to stupid mormon music…Flora did most of the damage….she would yell at us the moment we got up….the most fucked up thing she did was to a poor guy named hunter…he was sick one day so she made him a tea…he threw up…because he was sick obv..flora got super offended so she FORCED HIM TO EAT HIS THROW UP…she restrained him right after because he was CRYING and gave him such a bad rug burn that his cheeck was raw…..this kid is still there with her this shit breaks my heart…please if anyone can help get these mfs what they truly deserve reply plz….i still have contact info to 10+ kids that went there with me
Hey matther flota, I know where you live so please do not lie on this website and praise these sick sexual abusers and child abusers that own, run and work in these programs. you covering up for them, makes you just as bad as them. Maybe you are also a child sex abuser you sick freak.