State suspends admissions to Great Circle campus in Webster Groves

State health officials suspended admissions to Great Circle’s youth residential treatment campus in Webster Groves.

Webster Groves police last month arrested three Great Circle employees over an incident at the campus, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Webster Groves police Chief Dale Curtis said “it is alleged that the victim in this incident was struck in the head with a hand from behind, was body-pinned and dragged down a hallway in a prone position to their room while offering little to no physical resistance.”

A Great Circle spokesperson declined to comment on the arrests but said "there has been no interruption to our daily operations and we continue to work every day to help children and families."

Great Circle, formed in 2009 by the merger of Boys and Girls Town of Missouri and Edgewood Children’s Center, primarily serves youth in the foster care system. It has 13 locations in Missouri, including a campus in Springfield.

Former CEO Vincent Hillyer previously was charged with more than a dozen felonies in St. Louis County. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges of child endangerment and abuse of a health care recipient.

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