How did Onondaga County hire an attempted murderer to work at a youth center?

Hillbrook: Onondaga County's youth detention center

Exterior of Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center July 25, 2017. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. — A man on parole for attempted murder worked with youths at Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center for more than a week without a criminal background check.

The man, Amir A. Andrews, 40, was fired from his job as a detention home aide in November, according to Justin Sayles, a spokesperson for Onondaga County,

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