Friday, August 5, 2011

Supervisor at Staten Island psychiatric facility indicted for strangling autistic man

From the NY Daily News:A supervisor at a Staten Island psychiatric facility was indicted Aug. 3 for strangling an autistic patient during a botched effort to subdue him, authorities said.Jawara Henry, 27, (pictured) died Dec. 4 at the South Beach Psychiatric Center while Erik Stanley was attempting to restrain him.Henry was agitated and very aggressive and had bitten other patients and at least