by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | April 2, 2025 HARRISBURG — The Shapiro administration last year stopped collecting information on why older adults in Pennsylvania die during open abuse and neglect investigations and no longer examines whether delays or other investigative failures…
Story by: Jennifer Rodriguez (this story originally appeared in the Kansas City Star)
*Trigger warning – this article discusses abuse and may be upsetting to some readers.*
The mother of an 8-year-old boy is suing a Pennsylvania school district after she says her son was abused, belittled and intimidated by staff at his elementary school.
The boy was attending Nicely Elementary School in Greensburg, according to a federal lawsuit filed Jan. 13.
The Greensburg Salem School District declined to comment on the case due to pending litigation.
Police: Parents charged after Montgomery County man with cerebral palsy starved to death This article originally appeared on nbcphiladelphia.com, 12/31/2024 Law enforcement officials in Montgomery County have charged the parents -- along with a caregiver -- of a 21-year-old man,…
Behavioral health employee accused of assaulting teen who spit in his face, police say. (this originally appeared on northpennnow.com, Monday, 1/6/2025) A staff member at Foundations Behavioral Health in New Britain Borough has been charged with felony counts of strangulation…
https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/case-update-philadelphia-mans-caregivers-his-mother-and-sister-jailed-for-neglect-that-caused-critical-care-hospitalization/
written by: Nicole Ford originally appeared on 2 care workers accused of assaulting teenager with special needs – WPXI ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Imagine putting your special needs child in a care home to help. That’s just what Andrew Erickson…
written by: Jerry Lambe July 29, 2024 originally posted on www.lawandcrime.com A 33-year-old mother of six in Michigan will spend several decades behind bars for torturing and killing her blind 3-year-old son before stuffing his body inside of a basement freezer. Wayne County Circuit Court…
by Madeline Bartos /April 19, 2024/CBS Pittsburgh A former Beaver County health care worker was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted on federal hate crime charges for allegedly abusing patients with disabilities. Thirty-four-year-old Tyler Smith of…
Story by Rebecca Ellis, originally posted in the Los Angeles Times The two caregivers edged toward the staff bathroom as the sounds of slaps and screams ricocheted across the ranch-style home. The evening of Aug. 25, 2023, had already been…
Article by Claudia Lauer, originally published in https://apnews.com/ The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who was allegedly led from school grounds by three male students and sexually assaulted in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby empty building filed a…
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