Chiropractor Accused of Shocking Assistant as Punishment: Report

A Stratford chiropractor faces an assault charge for allegedly punishing an assistant with high-intensity electric shocks for bad-mouthing other staff members in the office, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Dr. William DeAngelo, the 62-year-old head of the Neuro-Spinal Center on Barnum Avenue, was arrested on a warrant Thursday for the July 29 incident.

DeAngelo, a Brookfield resident, is accused of calling the woman into the examination room and ordering her to lie on her stomach on a table and then had another assistant attach electrodes to her back and told the victim he was going to “teach her something,” according to the Post.

DeAngelo is accused of increasing the intensity level of the shocks until the woman burst out crying due to the pain and allegedly told the other assistant that he hoped “she learned her lesson,” as the victim fled the room, according to the Post.

Read more at the Connecticut Post here.