Universal Health Services: Former Oak Plains Academy Employee Charged with Child Abuse

November 10, 2025

CLARKSVILLE, TN –  A former Oak Plains Academy staff member has been arrested on a charge of child abuse.

[Psychcrime note: Oak Plains Academy was formerly known as Chad Youth Development Center, where two teens died in 2005 and 2007. One of the deaths was ruled a homicide. Oak Plains/Chad is owned by Universal Health Servicse, a for-profit psych hospital chain that is infamous for putting profit over patient care & safety. Read about it here.]

On May 28, William Sturgill, 43, was involved in an argument with a 10-year-old boy, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Clarksville Now. The dispute escalated, and Sturgill grabbed the boy by his left ankle and slung him across the room.

Sturgill was arrested on Aug. 6 and charged with one count of child abuse or endangerment.

Read the entire story here.