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Windsor Locks, CT (WFSB) — An employee of a senior center in Windsor Locks was arrested after allegedly assaulting an elderly woman.
Police responded to Stonebrook Village on Old County Road on July 10 for the report of an assault that happened the previous day.
The director of the center was notified of an injury to one of their residents. It was reported the resident fell out of her wheelchair while being pushed down the hallway by her caretaker.
The caretaker was identified as Christine Christensen.
Police looked at surveillance video, which showed Christensen pushing the victim down the hallway in a wheelchair.
The video shows Christensen then push the victim deliberately out of the wheelchair and onto the floor.
The victim was not able to prepare herself for the fall and her arm and face were injured due to the fall.
A warrant was issued by the court on August 23 for the arrest of Christensen.
She was charged with third-degree abuse, reckless endangerment, and assault of an elderly person.
Christensen is scheduled to appear in court on September 4.
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