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Nursing home worker accused of slapping patient, causing them to fall out of wheelchair
Desiree Heater, 34, was arrested for allegedly slapping a nursing home patient and causing them to fall from a wheelchair at St. Barbara’s Nursing Home in Monongah, West Virginia. The incident, captured on security footage, led to the patient being hospitalized, and Heater faces charges of abuse or neglect of an incapacitated adult.
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