KEARNEY - A second employee is facing criminal charges in connection with sexual abuse allegations at the state-run youth center in Kearney. Katrina Fewkes, 44, was arrested Tuesday after being charged with second-degree sexual abuse of a protected individual, a felony that carries a maximum of three years in prison and $10,000 fine.

Her arrest came nearly five months after the state Department of Health and Human Services, which runs four youth centers, internally concluded there was no systemic problem at Kearney. A retired juvenile court judge called it “shocking” that DHHS hadn’t acknowledged a systemic problem, while a current judge questioned the department’s conclusion.

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