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Nursing Home Resident Slapped, Killed Another Resident In Central Jersey: Prosecutor Nursing Home Resident Slapped, Killed Another Resident In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
Nursing Home Resident Slapped, Killed Another Resident In Central Jersey: Prosecutor A nursing home resident is accused of killing another 91-year-old resident, authorities said. A resident of AristaCare at Cedar Oaks in South Plainfield has been charged with reckless manslaughter, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief James Parker of the South Plainfield Police Department. On Jan. 16, at approximately 3:40 P.M., authorities received a 911 call requesting assistance with a combative patient.  Police found Angel Bermontiz, 81, of Piscataway. Bermontiz was restrained in his bed by the staff of AristaCare because…