Tyler Smith, de 34 anos, ex-profissional de saúde, foi condenado a 10 anos de prisão por abusar de pacientes deficientes no condado de Beaver, Pensilvânia. 34-year-old Tyler Smith, a former healthcare worker, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing disabled patients in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Tyler Smith, de 34 anos, ex-profissional de saúde do condado de Beaver, Pensilvânia, foi condenado a 10 anos de prisão por abusar de pacientes deficientes. 34-year-old Tyler Smith, a former healthcare worker in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing disabled patients. Juntamente com o colega de trabalho Zachary Dinell, Smith teve como alvo 13 residentes com graves deficiências físicas e intelectuais entre junho de 2016 e setembro de 2017, socando-os, chutando-os e usando substâncias irritantes neles. Along with co-worker Zachary Dinell, Smith targeted 13 residents with severe physical and intellectual disabilities between June 2016 and September 2017, punching, kicking, and using irritants on them. Tanto Smith quanto Dinell exploraram seu acesso individual aos residentes e a incapacidade de suas vítimas de denunciar o abuso. Both Smith and Dinell exploited their one-on-one access to the residents and their victims' inability to report the abuse.