Additional Information from ISAC: Randall Hinton's Most Recent Bio As Copied From the White River Adventure Web Site, where Hinton was working prior to the opening of Royal Peak/Gorge Academy in Colorado. ISAC Note: Every program cited as a reference is/was affiliated with the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS)/Teen Help and/or Robert Lichfield. Randall Hinton is a husband to a beautiful wife and a father to two daughters and one son. He was employed by Brightway Adolescent Hospital to serve as a Psychiatric Technician under Dr. Goates, Child Psychiatrist for two years. He then went to Cross Creek Programs to work with Students in their Youth Leadership Program for one year. He assisted in establishing Spring Creek Lodge, Montana; Tranquility Bay, Jamaica; and Carolina Springs Academy, South Carolina, as the Assistant Director for each facility. He has worked in the Marketing Department (Teen Help) for 3 years helping parents place their children into the WWASPS Programs. Randall, as the Director, organized the facility and staff of The Academy at Dundee Ranch in Costa Rica. Randall left Dundee Ranch and the WWASP Organization June of the year two thousand and two. He has worked with at risk youth for the past ten years. Randall studied Psychology at Dixie State College. He has now dedicated his life to producing a better atmophere for young men and serving families in need. For complete information on Randall Hinton, please visit our Tranquility Bay page and our main WWASPS page.

A man who runs a school for troubled kids in Canon City is accused of assaulting some students there and police say it's not the first time he's faced these kinds of allegations.

32 year-old Randall Hinton was arrested on charges of assault in the third degree, false imprisonment and reckless endangerment.

Employees say Hinton is the Director of the Royal Gorge Academy.

An employee says Hinton forced a teenage girl to lie face down on a floor for six hours on December 30, 2006.

Hinton is also accused of injuring the girl's wrists and not allowing her to receive medical attention.

"And the allegation was that Mr. Hinton physically restrained a female student at the academy and that that student did suffer physical injuries from that restraint," says Captain Allen Cooper, Canon City Police Department.

Hinton's attorney tells News First the girl was violent and was hitting herself in the head with a stapler and tried to staple her own hand. He says her parents support the school, saying "her parents have been supportive of the Academy. The parents have notified the Academy that they're not surprised by her actions, that this young lady does have some problems."

According to the arrest report, a school employee says there's a policy of "no physical contact" between staff and students.

But at least one staff member told police he saw Hinton grab a male student by the back of the head and smacked the student's face against the floor a couple of times, causing the student to bleed.

Canon City Police also searched the internet and found similar allegations against Hinton at other private schools, including one called Tranquility Bay in Jamaica.

Some students told Canon City Police that they were told they'd be sent to Tranquility Bay if they don't shape up.

They also claim they were told that American laws don't apply to kids in Tranquility Bay and that pepper spray is used there.

Hinton's attorney says the allegation's are not true.

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