VA Secretary Collins Says Aide Who Allegedly Beat Disabled Veteran to Be Fired
The aide was removed from patient care and faces felony charges after video showed repeated abuse of a Marine veteran, officials said.
- Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins announced Sunday he will fire a VA employee accused of abusing a disabled Gulf War Marine veteran at a state-run facility in Montrose, New York.
- Angela Sangro, the veteran's wife, installed a hidden camera after noticing unexplained injuries, capturing video of aide Matthew Cox allegedly striking her husband with a broom and yanking his food.
- Cox faces a felony charge of "endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree," court records show, after the New York State Department of Health terminated his employment.
- Former CIA security contractor John Tiegen shared a News12 video of the abuse on Instagram on Sunday, prompting the Department of Veterans Affairs to immediately initiate removal proceedings.
- Although the incident occurred at a state-run facility rather than a federal one, Collins emphasized the VA will not tolerate such conduct, clarifying the distinction between state and federal operations.
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VA chief vows to fire employee accused of abusing Marine veteran at state facility
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins has announced that the agency will fire an employee who is accused of abusing a Marine veteran at a state-run veterans home in New York, where he also worked. Collins wrote on social media that the Department of Veterans Affairs “will immediately initiate removal proceedings for this employee.” He added in the Sunday post that the “incident didn’t happen at a VA facility.” News 12 in New York first report…
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VA Secretary Collins says aide who allegedly beat disabled veteran to be fired
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said that an aide who is employed by his department and allegedly beat a disabled veteran will be fired.
Trump Administration Steps In After Shocking Abuse Of Disabled Veteran Caught On Camera
It’s a clip that has understandably drawn significant outrage from social media users as it went viral this week. The footage, reportedly captured by a hidden camera placed in room by his wife, appears to show Gulf War Marine veteran Alfred O’Toole being shoved, pushed, pulled, and hit by an employee of the facility where he received care for serious neurological issues. Here’s the post that seemed to spark all the recent attention: The full t…
Horrifying: Wife Installs Hidden Camera in Veteran Husband’s Montrose, NY Federal Facility Room — Footage Is Beyond Disgusting
A wife’s worst fears were confirmed after she secretly installed a hidden camera in her Gulf War veteran husband’s room at a federal facility in Montrose, New York. The footage is sickening. Albert O’Toole served in the Gulf War. An explosion there left him with a traumatic brain injury. Years later, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. His wife, Angela Sangro, placed him in the federally run facility hoping he would be safe and cared for. Instead…
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