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Caretaker repays swindled patients
A former Circle Pines caretaker was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a $300 fine March 30 in a case of assistance gone wrong. She stole $63,000 from two nursing home residents over a two-year period. The woman voluntarily fulfilled a restitution requirement prior to sentencing. MINNESOTA (Dakota County), Southwest Review News, April 9, 2012
Beggs Caregiver Charged With Coercing Money from Disabled Patients
A Beggs caregiver, who investigators said coerced money from her developmentally disabled patients, was charged Thursday in Okmulgee County District Court following an investigation by the Oklahoma Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. If convicted, the suspect could face up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000 for each count of financial exploitation. OKLAHOMA, News on 6, April 6, 2012
Two Teachers Caught Taunting Disabled Boy, 10, as 'Gross' and 'Disgusting ...
Two Alabama teachers were caught cruelly taunting and abusing a 10-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy after the boy's mother attached an audio recorder to his wheelchair. --- Daily Mail --- March 30, 2012 (ALABAMA) http://is.gd/rdKMkm
Couple Allegedly Imprisoned Disabled Woman
A New York couple have been charged with imprisoning a disabled woman for more than a year and beating her while spending her benefits. Patrick Donovan, 42, and Mae Washington, 63, were being held without bail, ... --- UPI.com --- March 28, 2012 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/4qsA7Y
Group Home Fined, Admissions Suspended After Girl's Death on School Bus
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Cape Fear Respite Home, where eight-year-old Jamiah Batts lived, was fined $10,000. --- WWAY NewsChannel 3 --- March 27, 2012 (NORTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/YzrULk
Church Janitor Pleads to Fondling Mentally Disabled Girl
An Oak Ridge man has pleaded guilty to fondling a mentally disabled girl on several occasions in 2009. Michael J. Skytta, 56, was indicted last year on four counts of aggravated sexual battery ... --- Knoxville News Sentinel --- March 30, 2012 (TENNESSEE) http://is.gd/WE51rd
Grand Jury Indicts Man on Felony Sex Assault Charge
A Bell County grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Marble Falls man on a felony accusation that he raped a mentally retarded man in 2010. Terrance Damon Young, 29, was charged with aggravated sexual assault. --- Killeen Daily Herald --- March 28, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/lcUYxS
Atlanta Man Convicted of Billing $32.9 Million for Worthless Services While Operating "Horrendous" Nursing Homes
ROME, GA - April 3, 2012 GEORGE DAYLN HOUSER, 63, of Atlanta, has been convicted on charges of conspiring with his wife to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs by billing them for "worthless services" in the operation of three deficient nursing homes between July 2004 and September 2007.
Mother: Autistic son had to be hospitalized after alleged abuse by Redwood City teacher
Though a 5-year-old autistic boy from Redwood City had been vomiting several times a day for nearly a week last month -- leaving him dehydrated and hospitalized -- doctors couldn't find a physical explanation for his illness. His mother, however, believes she knows what was wrong: Her child had been slapped as well as denied food and water as punishment by his teacher at a Redwood City School District program for special-needs children, she says. The instructor, 43-year-old Alexia Bogdis, faces nine misdemeanor counts on accusations she abused two 5-year-old autistic students in the program at Roosevelt Elementary School in December and January. --- March 13, 2012 --- (CA)
DNA Leads to Arrest in 18-Year-Old Murder of Mentally Challenged Woman in Colorado Springs
DNA lead to an arrest today of a nearly 18-year-old kidnapping and murder of a mentally challenged woman in Colorado Springs. Sharon Lee Sklavos was 38 years old when her battered body was found on July 31, 1994, in North Cheyenne Canyon near Lower ... --- Denver Post --- March 12, 2012 (COLORADO) http://is.gd/5SJUDe
Restraints Used on Disabled Students, Study Finds
Tens of thousands of students, most of them disabled, are strapped down or physically restrained in school, and disability advocates hope that a new Education Department report detailing the practice of "seclusion and restraint" will spur ... --- March 11, 2012 (U.S. - NATIONAL) http://is.gd/JMwYeu
Mentally Disabled Victim Dies of Beating Injuries
Edward McClure, who worked at a home for disabled adults, was already behind bars on a charge of vulnerable adult abuse from the assault that occurred on February 21. A second degree murder charge has since been added. Police say McClure beat up ... --- MyFox Phoenix --- March 24, 2012 (ARIZONA) http://is.gd/Mw8xNG
Kids With Autism Bullied Three Times More
In the largest look ever at autism and bullying, new research shows that children on the spectrum are significantly more likely than other kids to be bullied.
Two Gang Members Accused of Killing Developmentally Disabled Young Man Plead ...
Two reputed gang members accused of a thrill-killing of a developmentally disabled young man riding a bicycle in Lincoln Acres last year pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Friday. --- San Diego 6 --- March 23, 2012 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/uwrpiS
Mother of 15-Year-Old Sex Assault Suspect Speaks Out
"The care provider who is in charge of him in the group home, definitely should have never let him go by himself," the woman told FOX40. Due to her son's age, mentally impairment and nature of the crime, FOX40 is choosing not to reveal her name. --- KTXL --- March 21, 2012 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/FPQkhv
Southern Pines Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Mentally Handicapped Man
A Southern Pines man was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a mentally handicapped man in December, police said. Edward Kinton Wallace, 36, of the 200 block of Murry Hill Road, is charged with first-degree sexual offense, ... --- Fayetteville Observer --- March 22, 2012 (NORTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/SpvC5M
Mom Says District Mistreating Disabled Daughter
A community is outraged after a mom claims her disabled daughter is facing discrimination at school from New Caney ISD. Kristi Roberts says the proof is all on tape, and now it's posted online for the world to hear. --- MyFox Houston --- March 22, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/NJ1NdK
Report: Living Conditions Deplorable at Some Group Homes
Group homes are home to more than 4,000, but results of an investigation released Tuesday unveil shocking details and pictures. Of the state's nearly 500 group homes, the Advocacy Center, a non-profit organization in New Orleans, narrowed in on what ... --- WBXH --- March 20, 2012 (LOUISIANA) http://is.gd/XZ0ZU9
Bill Inspired by Dexter Child Abuse Case Gets a Second Chance
A bill backed by Austin lawmakers to toughen criminal penalties for parents who chain, cage or tie up their children appears to be getting a second chance after stalling in the Minnesota Senate. --- Post-Bulletin --- March 24, 2012 (MINNESOTA) http://is.gd/HWpdKO
Despite Decades of Scrutiny, State-Run Disability Residences Still Can't Pass ...
After 21 years of contentious legal wrangling, a federal judge had dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing the state of abusing and neglecting residents in its institutions for people with intellectual disabilities. Texas' centers were finally taking ... --- Austin American-Statesman --- March 21, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/xfnFqd
