Crime & Safety
Video Captures Man Kicking Male Resident At Suffolk Group Home: Report
The video was taken at a group home for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a report says.
EAST ISLIP, NY — A worker at an East Islip group home for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities was caught on camera kicking a male resident in the mid-section, News 12 reported.
The video shows the resident falling back onto a chair at a Life's WORCA facility that houses about six men.
The employee was fired following the incident that happened in February, News 12 said.
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Life's WORC has previously received allegations of abuse at the group home.
In 2019, a worker pleaded guilty to forcing a resident to run on a treadmill while naked as a form of punishment, News 12 reported. The resident fell and fractured his neck as a result of the incident.
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Life's WORC declined to provide a comment to Patch.
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