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Ex-Employee Of Area Group Home Charged With Endangerment Ex-Employee Of Area Group Home Charged With Endangerment
Ex-Employee Of Area Group Home Charged With Endangerment An employee at an area group home allegedly endangered the welfare of one of the residents, police said. New York State Police troopers from Highland arrested Poughkeepsie resident Jamey Lord, 33, who was an employee at the New Horizons Facility in Plattekill on Sept. 11 when he got into an altercation with a resident of the group home. Lord was charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person and criminal obstruction of breathing. He is scheduled to appear in the Town of Plattekill Town Court on Oct. 1 to answer the charges. According to the New Horizon…