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6 more arrested in abuse probe at psychiatric hospital

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) Connecticut Valley Hospi- The state Department of The state Department of he was supposed to be un-
— Six more staff members tal in Middletown. The facil- Mental Health and Addic- Public Health, which regu- der constant surveillance,
at a maximum-security psy- ity is the state’s only maxi- tion Services, which runs lates health care facilities, the report said.
chiatric hospital have been mum-security hospital for the hospital, called the na- said in a recent inspection The Courant reported that
arrested in connection with the criminally insane. ture of the allegations “rep- report that officials identi- the abused patient was
the repeated abuse of a The arrests followed the sus- rehensible” and said such fied up to 40 staff members admitted to the hospital in
patient, making it a total of pensions of 31 employees behavior is not tolerated, at Whiting Forensic Division 1995 after being acquitted
nine workers charged with earlier this year in connec- according to an agency who were seen on video by reason of mental dis-
cruelty to persons and dis- tion with the abuse of a statement obtained by The surveillance being abusive ease or defect in the death
orderly conduct, Connecti- 62-year-old male patient. Hartford Courant. or witnessing abuse and of his father in Greenwich.
cut State Police said. Authorities said abusive in- The department said it not reporting it. The patient was kicked,
Authorities on Tuesday cidents were recorded by planned to complete a hu- Eight other workers were jabbed, poked and taunt-
night announced the new surveillance cameras. man resources investiga- seen talking on their cell- ed by staff during several
arrests of workers at the State police say more ar- tion after the criminal inves- phones or were not near weeks earlier this year, the
Whiting Forensic Division of rests are expected. tigation is finished. the abused patient when newspaper reported. q
Charge dismissed against arrested West Virginia journalist

By JOHN RABY man caused a disturbance
Associated Press with his persistent ques-
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) tions and “was aggressively
— A West Virginia journalist breaching” Secret Service
who was arrested after re- agents.Heyman said he did
peatedly questioning U.S. nothing wrong.“I’m very
Health and Human Ser- relieved,” Heyman said in
vices Secretary Tom Price the statement. “Facing six
broke no law and isn’t be- months of jail time for ask-
ing charged, a prosecutor ing a question as a journal-
said Wednesday. ist was pretty troubling.“I
A joint press release from don’t want my arrest to
the independent Pub- have a chilling effect on
lic News Service and the other reporters because
Kanawha County prosecu- we all need to keep ask-
tor’s office said a review ing the tough questions of
cleared Daniel Ralph Hey- elected officials.”
man (HIGH-min) of any Heyman had wanted to
lawbreaking. ask Price whether domes-
“The State has determined, tic violence is a pre-existing
after a careful review of the condition under the Repub-
facts, that Mr. Heyman’s lican health care proposal.
conduct, while it may have Heyman got no response,
been aggressive journal- so he tried again. Heyman
ism, was not unlawful and said he used his cellphone
did not violate the law,” This May 10, 2017 photo shows Daniel Ralph Heyman in Charleston, W. Va. Police arrested the jour- to record audio. He said
the joint statement said. nalist who they said was trying “aggressively” to get past Secret Service agents and yelling ques- he had to reach over the
The Charleston-based re- tions at U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price during a visit to the state. Charges shoulders of some of Price’s
against Heyman were dropped on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.
porter for Public News Ser- (AP Photo/John Raby) staffers to get the device
vice was initially charged closer to him.
with willful disruption of Charleston during Price’s er domestic violence is a care proposal. Heyman was released on
governmental processes May 9 visit. Heyman had pre-existing condition un- A criminal complaint by $5,000 bail following his ar-
at the state Capitol in wanted to ask Price wheth- der the Republican health Capitol police said Hey- rest. q
Labor Day kayaking trip for 3 on Lake Ontario turns deadly

SOMERSET, N.Y. (AP) — Jacob McCormick’s death released the men’s names small-craft advisory for the The weather service said
Conditions on Lake On- left relatives and his fellow Wednesday. Anderson had lake, with winds of 20 to 30 winds increased and
tario began to get rough members of a church near early confirmed their identi- mph (32 to 48 kilometers waves of up to 6 feet (1.8
around the time twin broth- his central Pennsylvania ties. per hour) and waves up to meters) would have been
ers Jacob and Nathaniel hometown mourning for a The three men, all from 3 feet (1 meter) expected. encountered by rescue
McCormick and their friend man known for his love of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Moriarty said Williams’ kay- crews once a search was
Joseph Williams launched family and his faith. launched their kayaks from ak capsized in the choppy launched after 6 p.m.,
their kayak for a Labor Day “Just an outstanding young a state park in Somerset in conditions about an hour when relatives reported the
outing in western New York. man. The kind of young Niagara County. The Mc- into the outing. He held men missing. Thunderstorms
Less than 24 hours later, man anybody would be Cormicks were visiting rela- on to Nathaniel’s kayak in moved across the region
21-year-old Nathaniel Mc- proud to call brother, son, tives living nearby, Ander- the 64-degree Fahrenheit Monday night into Tuesday
Cormick and 18-year-old friend,” Pastor Ronald An- son said. (18-degree Celsius) water morning, hampering the
Joseph Williams finally derson told The Associated Authorities said all three while Jacob paddled off to search effort.Attorney John
made it back to shore in Press in a phone interview were wearing life jackets seek help. Gavenda and his wife were
choppy, chilly water, and Wednesday from Calvary when they set out late Mon- “When he left them, they out their morning jog when
Jacob McCormick’s body Baptist Church in Altoona. day morning. Around 10 lost sight of him and never they encountered Nathan-
was found about a half- Maj. Patrick Moriarty of the a.m., the National Weather saw him again,” Moriarty iel McCormick and Williams
mile off shore. New York State Park Police Service in Buffalo issued a said. around 5 a.m. q