Crime & Safety
Two From Brockton Charged in Elder Abuse Case Caught on Camera
Two workers have been fired for the incident and now face charges.
SHARON, MA — Two workers at a retirement community in Sharon face charges after allegedly abusing an elderly woman living at the facility.
Sharon police announced Wednesday that Domingas Teixeira, 61, and Leonide Jean Paul Bien-Aime, 49, both of Brockton, have been issued court summons for assault and battery on a person over 60 years old.
On March 7, several family members of a 93-year-old resident of the Wingate at Sharon told police that she was being physically abused by staff members. Hidden camera footage shows the two suspects forcefully moving the victim from a bed to a wheelchair and at one point, jerking her head back.
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93-year-old great-grandmother tossed around, hair pulled. Caught on hidden camera in nursing home. The full story only on @fox25news at 11. pic.twitter.com/Ru7lvR3OKU
— Christine McCarthy (@ChristineMFox25) March 17, 2017
Police say they are working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on this matter, and the management at Wingate has been cooperative during the course of our investigation. Wingate tells WFXT that the two workers have been fired.
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