FRANKLIN — As many as 15 teenagers accused of attacking staff members at a facility for troubled juveniles and vandalizing cars could be charged with aggravated assault.

The Sunday morning attacks at the VisionQuest facility in Sandycreek Township remained under investigation Monday, state police Trooper Paul Swatzler said.

The facility houses juveniles who have been declared by the courts to be delinquent — that is, convicted of crimes — or dependent due to neglect or other family problems. It has two barracks with 15 teens each, and the unrest was confined to one of those units.

Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit vs. troopersPITTSBURGH — A judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit of a woman who claims state troopers pepper sprayed and later urinated on her while she was shackled hand and foot, saying the troopers’ claim of sovereign immunity doesn’t apply because the alleged misconduct is outside the scope of their official duties.Derena Marie Madison, 40, of Smithfield, sued five troopers from the barracks near Uniontown in August for conduct she claims occurred when she was riding in her car while a friend was stopped for drunken driving on Feb. 3.Chief U.S. District Judge Gary Lancaster, in a decision last week, found that “when a suspect is in custody and fully restrained, the acts alleged here do not serve any purpose of the police or constitute the kind of conduct police are employed to perform.”