Crime & Safety
Woman Facing Assault Charges In Doylestown Nursing Home Attack
A Quakertown woman has been charged with assault after police say she hit a nursing home patient last month and caused "bodily harm."
A Quakertown woman has been charged with assault after police say she hit a nursing home patient last month and caused "bodily harm."
The incident happened at a Doylestown Borough nursing home on Feb. 17, police said. Paula Anne Applegate, 69, is facing simple assault charges. The charges were filed March 20 by Central Bucks Regional Police Department, court records show.
Further details surrounding the incident were not immediately available.
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Applegate's preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 16.
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