Guard convicted in boy's beating at juvenile hall

LOS ANGELES—A former juvenile hall guard has been convicted of child abuse for letting five minors beat a boy she wrongly believed had taken her cell phone. Deputy District Attorney Natalie Adomian said Tuesday that jurors deliberated for two hours before convicting Diane Buchanan on Friday of three felony counts. She is scheduled for sentencing May 27 and faces up to six years in prison. In May 2005 Buchanan lost her cell phone at the Sylmar juvenile hall. Another boy at the facility said the victim had flushed the phone down a toilet. Prosecutors say Buchanan opened the victim's cell door and let in five boys to attack him. Buchanan did not report the incident or seek medical help for the victim. She later found her cell phone in her car.
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