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NJ Hockey Player Son Of Flyers GM Facing Criminal Charges For Wheelchair Toss NJ Hockey Player Son Of Flyers GM Facing Criminal Charges For Wheelchair Toss
NJ Hockey Player Son Of Flyers GM Facing Criminal Charges For Wheelchair Toss The son of Philadelphia Flyers Interim General Manager Danny Briere, Carson Briere, is facing misdemeanor criminal charges in Erie County, PA, after a video captured him pushing a woman's wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a bar. The 23-year-old Mercyhurst University hockey player and Haddonfield, NJ native has been charged with criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit the same — both misdemeanors — as well as a summary charge of disorderly conduct court documents show. I usually don’t post anything serious on my twitter but something happened Saturday night and just can’t stomach …
Elizabeth Woman Among 5 Accused Of Abusing Disabled Adults At Daycare Elizabeth Woman Among 5 Accused Of Abusing Disabled Adults At Daycare
Elizabeth Woman Among 5 Accused Of Abusing Disabled Adults At Daycare Five employees of an East Brunswick care facility, along with the facility itself, were indicted on charges involving the abuse and neglect of two disabled adults, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.  Elizabeth resident Janella Allen, 31, was indicted on two counts of abandonment and neglect of a disabled person and two counts of endangerment. Also indicted were Broadway Respite and Home Care and four other employees: Asia Lunn, 22, Kenitra Hicks, 34, Kieasha Morgan 24, Hugo Lorenzo, 25, all of New Brunswick.  Authorities say that the two disabled adults …
Irvington Nursing Aide Charged With Sexually Abusing Disabled Teen Patient Irvington Nursing Aide Charged With Sexually Abusing Disabled Teen Patient
Irvington Nursing Aide Charged With Sexually Abusing Disabled Teen Patient A nursing assistant sexually abused a disabled 18-year-old patient at a Rochelle Park medical facility, said police who arrested him. Rodney Mills, 53, of Irvington was arrested after an investigation by Rochelle Park police, assisted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said Tuesday. Mills, a certified nursing assistant who’d been working at the facility a little over a year, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and neglect in caring for the disabled male patient, DePreta said. He remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail…