2 Former Beaver Co. (PA) Health Care Workers Indicted for abusing the disabled & filmed the attacks
2 Former Beaver County Health Care Workers Indicted On Hate Crime Charges
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A federal grand jury indicted two former health care workers on federal hate crime charges.
The charges are connected to two men who worked at McGuire Memorial, which cares for individuals with severe physical and intellectual disabilities.
Dinell was charged with aggravated assault, neglect of a care-dependent person, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person, invasion of privacy, and sexual abuse of a child.
Smith was charged with simple assault, endangering the welfare of children, and recklessly endangering another person.
On March 24, a 12-count unsealed indictment named these two on federal hate crime charges.
“The defendants are charged with targeting the most vulnerable members of our community because of their disabilities,” said United States Attorney Chung. “The defendants’ alleged hate crimes involved victims who were unable to defend themselves or report what happened to them. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our law enforcement partners will continue our work to ensure that these victims—and all victims of a federal crime—have a voice and that those who would perpetrate violence against them are brought to justice.”
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In one exchange Dinell said, “I’m going to (expletive) murder (victim). I choked the (expletive) out of him and now he’s coughing and yelling.” Smith allegedly said, “(expletive) kill him dude he’s better off.”
They exchanged text messages where they talked about their dislike of the residence and shared descriptions, pictures and video of their abuse of the residents.
Their alleged attacks included punching, kicking, jumping on them, rubbing liquid irritants in their eyes, and spraying liquid irritants in their eyes and mouths. Some attacks allegedly included spraying ice-cold water on someone hypersensitive to the cold. Other incidents included choking residents.
Dinell and Smith were able to avoid being caught due to the fact that these residents were non-verbal and unable to describe what the two did.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/03/25/beaver-county-healthcare-workers-hate-crimes/
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