Massapequa home health aide arrested for stabbing patient, police say

Amanda Fraser was charged with attempted second-degree murder in connection to the Long Island elder abuse case. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.  

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Massapequa home health aide arrested for stabbing 84-year-old patient, Long Island police say

By Mark Prussin, Jennifer McLogan

A home health care aide from New York City is under arrest for allegedly stabbing and critically injuring an 84-year-old patient at her home on Long Island. 

Amanda Fraser was charged with attempted second-degree murder in connection to the elder abuse case in Massapequa, Nassau County Police said Thursday. 

CBS News New York confirmed the 23-year-old suspect from Queens worked out of Aides At Home. Managers in the senior and elder care provider's Hicksville office said the stabbing was a tragedy and an isolated incident.

"The investigation is ongoing. We're cooperating fully," a manager said. 

Fraser was hospitalized after her arrest to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, sources told CBS News New York. She will be arraigned when medically practical. 

The victim, identified as Wendy Wilson, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Her son said she underwent surgery and was expected to survive. Her 85th birthday is in November.   

Home health aide charged with stabbing patient in bed

The stabbing happened Wednesday at Wilson's home on Bay Drive and Merrick Road.

According to Wilson's son, Fraser, her overnight home health aide, was seen on surveillance video getting into her bed and stabbing her. She allegedly tried to drive away, but crashed in the driveway and ran away. 

Another aide, arriving for the morning shift, discovered blood and a knife on the floor, then found Wilson stabbed in the chest in her bed, her son said. 

Wilson's neighbors and others in the community were left shocked and full of sorrow after the attack.  

"She had dementia and her daytime helper would sit out on the lawn with her, and she wouldn't speak at all," one person said. 

"I think we can all relate to it. I think we all need help, assistance with people, and really just hope that she makes it," said another. 

While police were on the scene searching for the suspect, Massapequa High School and Birch Lane Elementary School were placed under a secure lockdown for about 90 minutes as a precaution.

We reached out to the New York State Health Department, which oversees Aides at Home. They said there have been no enforcement actions in the last 10 years.   

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Florida personal injury attorney disbarred after mowing down 4 people: cops

By Emily Crane

Florida attorney Beatrice Bijoux was disbarred after allegedly hitting four pedestrians on a sidewalk with her car in Fort Lauderdale. Stuart Police Department

A Florida personal injury attorney has been disbarred after she was accused of mowing down four people in a parking lot because of “voices” in her head, police said.

Beatrice Bijoux, 31, was charged with four counts of attempted murder after she allegedly mounted the sidewalk and struck the pedestrians outside a Fort Lauderdale grocery store back in February.

She told cops that “voices in her head had told her to kill the people,” according to an arrest report obtained by the Miami Herald.

Bijoux, who was allegedly driving at about 35 mph, made no attempt to slow down during the attack, police said.

At one point, surveillance video showed her “reversing at a high rate of speed” before she allegedly tried to strike another pedestrian, according to cops.

The attorney has since been disbarred after the state Supreme Court granted the Florida Bar’s emergency request to suspend her.

Bijoux, who once represented clients injured in such incidents, was admitted to the state’s bar association back in 2016.

She is being held without bond after pleading not guilty to one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of high speed or wanton fleeing and four counts of attempted murder.

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