MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A behavioral health associate who was employed at the NYC Health and Hospitals Bellevue was arrested, according to the New York City Department of Investigation.
Shereka Cooke-Roberts, 30, of Brooklyn, was arrested for assault in the second and third degrees.
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Cooke-Roberts is accused of assaulting a patient with what appeared to be a cell phone inside a patient’s room on Sept. 9, officials say.
Surveillance video showed Cooke-Roberts in hospital scrubs entering a room on the 20th floor. Video showed an arm in a hospital gown extended from inside the room, raising what is believed to be a large cell phone and forcefully swinging downward onto something inside the room…