New York CNA Charged With Felony Abuse
Shortly after midnight on October 20, 2008, CNA John Ette reportedly hit a bedridden patient in the face at Adirondack Medical Center's Mercy nursing home (Mercy) in Tupper Lake, New York. He is also alleged to have grabbed her arm and pushed her down into her wheelchair. The elderly resident suffered a broken collarbone and facial bruising in the attack.
The resident's injuries were discovered the morning after the attack and were reported to facility administrators, who reported the abuse to the Department of Health. Mercy fired Ette the day after the incident. Ette admitted to attacking the resident to state investigators on November 12, 2008.
Ette turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 and was charged with endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person in the second degree, a Class E felony; endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, a Class A felony; and willful violation of health laws, a Class A misdemeanor. His bail has been set at $1,000 cash or $2,000 bond. If convicted of the charges, he faces up to four years in prison.
The injured resident has recovered from her injuries and continues to live at the nursing home facility.
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