A caregiver is accused of yelling at and slamming a 90-year-old dementia patient during a late-night incident inside a Pennsylvania home, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.
by Jillian Pikora
Dhyshamier Lamar Holmes, 27, of Harrisburg, was charged with Misdemeanor Abuse of a Care-Dependent Person, court records show.
East Pennsboro Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Center Street in Enola at 8 a.m. on Jan. 20 for a reported non-active assault, according to a release issued Monday, Feb. 23.
The elderly victim told officers she had been assaulted by her caregiver, police said.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, officers later learned the alleged abuse involved a 90-year-old woman identified as A.S., who is deemed a “care dependent person”.
On Feb. 5, police were contacted by Aging and Community Protective Service Investigator Kyndra Strait regarding the case, the affidavit states.
Strait provided three videos of the incident, and advised that between Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, the caregiver was “yelling and cursing” at A.S., the affidavit details.
The videos allegedly show Holmes “picking up A.S. and slamming her on the couch,” and “yelling profanities at A.S.,” according to the affidavit.
Holmes was later identified as the suspect and charged under state law prohibiting a caregiver from striking, shoving, kicking, or otherwise subjecting a care-dependent person to physical contact.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, at 2:15 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Michael Sanderson, court records show.
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