GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A woman has been charged with misdemeanor abuse at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
Video aired by TV station WZZM (https://on.wzzm.com/2kS3dEC ) shows an employee rolling an 83-year-old man and his wheelchair into a desk last March. Laurie Botbyl was fired.
She’s now charged with fourth-degree vulnerable adult abuse for that incident. Documents obtained by WZZM show the man had possible bruises and a skin tear.
Botbyl tells the TV station that she knows she was wrong. James Redford, head of the state Veterans Affairs Agency, says he has “zero tolerance” for careless actions that put veterans at risk.
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Information from: WZZM-TV, https://www.wzzm13.com
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