Texas Nurse's Aide Beats Up Elderly Resident, Now Faces Elder Abuse Charges - UPDATE
We discussed Johnetta Phillips and her alleged abuse of an elderly resident at Castle Pines Nursing Home in Texas in a previous blog.
The reported abuse of the 77 year-old resident was caught on a video camera that the victim's husband set up in her room. The victim told her husband that she was being abused but, due to her mental state, she could not identify her abuser.
Phillips was caught on tape on two separate occasions abusing the female resident. According to the arrest warrant, Phillips grabbed the woman's right arm and twisted it and then struck her arm three times. In another incident, Phillips was seen putting the resident to bed roughly, causing her to hit her head on the headboard.
Phillips pleaded guilty to the abuse and was sentenced to twenty months in jail.
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