WHITE PLAINS – Two employees of a Bronxville group home for people with developmental disabilities were sentenced on Tuesday in connection with the abuse of a service recipient in their care.
In April, Monsurat Dindi, 54, of the Bronx, pled guilty to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person as a felony and offering a false instrument for filing as a misdemeanor. Dindi was sentenced to five years probation.
Co-defendant Maxine Smith, 44, of the Bronx pled guilty to offering a false instrument for filing as a misdemeanor. She was placed on three years of probation.
A third defendant, Kimm Thompson of Albany, is scheduled for a conference in the case later this month.
The State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs found that on October 9, 2014, Dindi and Thompson repeatedly closed a van wheelchair lift on the service recipient’s foot as the victim cried out in pain and failed to properly document the incident. Due to their inaction, the victim went without treatment for her injuries for several hours. She died 10 weeks later of an unrelated cause.
The group home is operated by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
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