Friday, November 25, 2011

Caregivers Accused of Waterboarding 89-Year-Old Woman

Two nursing home employees in Georgia were arrested for allegedly attacking an elderly woman in a "manner similar to waterboarding," according to local police.

Police claim that Cicely Reed and Jermeller Steed held down Anna Foley, who has severe dementia, and sprayed water from a shower in her face to make it seem like she was drowning, TV station WGCL reports.

The attack, which occurred in 2008 the station says, began when Reed and Steed argued with Foley over ice cream. The workers allegedly confined Foley to a shower room and they held her hands and wrists, according to The Daily Mail, while they used water from the shower nozzle to obstruct her breathing. The arrest warrant described the incident as "similar to waterboarding."












Full Article and Source:
Woman Waterboarded: Police Arrest Jermeller Steed and Cicely Reed For Mock-Drowning On Elderly Patient

8 comments:

Thelma said...

I think they should get a taste of their own medicine.

Barbara said...

I am constantly amazed at how cruel people an be to animals and to vulnerable people.

It's a sad statement for society in general.

Anonymous said...

They both should spend life in prison for this.

John said...

How disgusting!

Connie said...

I hope the family of this victim sues until the cows come home!

Roger said...

I am appalled. I hope these two get what's coming to them. Everytime I think I've heard it all, a story like this comes out.

jerri said...

life in prison is the only punishment these people are dangerous psychopaths a threat to society and i think they need to be waterboarded every evening let's see if the prison population finds out what they did to an old person shame shame shame on them and i hope they become prey to the predators i wish upon them decades of misery

StandUp said...

I am speechless and disgusted. Cicely Reed and Jermelier Steed are nothing more than bullies and they should receive the maximum sentence. I pray that's what they get.