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A Long Island nurse has been arrested on felony charges after allegedly assaulting a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy while providing care at the child’s home, Suffolk County authorities confirmed.
The incident, captured on surveillance video, has raised serious concerns about oversight of caregivers for vulnerable children.
Bruno Valenzuela, 31, employed by the Christian Nursing Registry in Smithtown, allegedly struck and roughly handled Maverick Brower on Dec. 20.
Maverick, described by his father as “the center of our world,” is nonverbal and nonambulatory. Surveillance footage reportedly shows bruises across the child’s arms, chest, legs and back, prompting immediate concern from the family.
Christopher Brower, a New York Police Department detective and Maverick’s father, discovered the injuries and reviewed footage from cameras installed in the boy’s bedroom, News 12 reported.
According to Brower, the video shows Valenzuela repeatedly slapping Maverick’s chest, lifting and shaking him and repeatedly telling him to “relax, relax” while the child cried.
Alarmed by the footage, Brower filed a police report and took Maverick to Stony Brook University Hospital to document his injuries.
Valenzuela was arrested on Jan. 15 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and endangering a physically disabled person, both felonies.
He pleaded not guilty and was released under non-monetary supervised conditions, including wearing an ankle monitor. A temporary order of protection was also granted for the family, according to People Magazine..
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