Morristown Asks State to Shut Down Troubled Group Home

Morristown’s town council took a major step this week on an issue that has concerned residents for quite some time.

According to morristowngreen.com, the governing body voted unanimously to go to the state and ask for a group home – Devereux Foundation – to have its license revoked.

The privately held organization is located on Headley Road, and residents there have complained of harassment and intimidation by “poorly supervised teenaged boys,” the report said.

At least 133 police, fire or EMT calls have responded to the group home in 2014, the report said. Representatives from the Foundation were not at the council’s meeting, but have requested a private session with the town to discuss remedial steps for the home, the report said.