The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office reports a Children’s Division worker negotiated a peaceful outcome with a suicidal juvenile in Princeton on May 17th.
The sheriff’s office and Mercer County Ambulance District responded to the residence where the juvenile was reportedly holding a knife to his or her chest. The ambulance transported the youth to a medical facility for further evaluation.
The sheriff’s office encourages anyone contemplating harming himself or herself or who knows someone who is to call the Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
