New York State Police are investigating an incident involving a staff member and a resident at the Anderson Center for Autism in the town of Hyde Park in Dutchess County.
Troopers responded to the center Aug. 19 after receiving a report that a staff member, identified as Rojae Omario Rhone, 21, of Poughkeepsie, had placed a 21-year-old resident in a chokehold while the resident was under Rhone's care.
Rhone faces charges
Following the investigation, Rhone was arrested Aug. 24 and charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, a Class E felony, and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, a Class A misdemeanor.
Rhone was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear Sept. 2 in Hyde Park Town
Court.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: NY autism center staffer accused of putting resident in chokehold, police say











