Group Home Worker Charged In Assault On Resident

A worker at a group home in Anderson has been arrested for allegedly attacking a resident. WTHR reports DeShawn Brooks, 32, is charged with battery causing injury to a mentally/physically handicapped person, a Level 6 felony. The 20-year-old resident, Damian Coverdale, told officers Brooks violently pulled him out of bed and punched him at least twice Monday morning while trying to wake him up. Officers interviewed other employees at the facility, REM Occazio LLC, who said Brooks was alone with Coverdale when the injuries happened.

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