N.J. Nursing Director Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Elderly Resident
Patricia Lindo-Ahono admitted to striking a 77-year-old resident with a broom and attempting to cover it up.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 29, 2026, 10:45 a.m. ET
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Aug 29, 2026, 10:50 a.m. ET
N.J. Nursing Director Pleads to Assaulting Elderly Resident
Patricia Lindo-Ahono, 60, has pleaded to charges of third-degree tampering with witnesses and fourth-degree assault upon an institutionalized elderly person, according to NBC Philadelphia. The plea was entered in Ocean County, New Jersey.
The government alleged that Lindo-Ahono struck a 77-year-old resident with a broom and attempted to cover it up by inducing an individual to withhold information from authorities, NBC Philadelphia reported.
Sentencing has not yet been scheduled.
Aug 29, 2026, 10:45 a.m. ETFirst report
N.J. Nursing Director Pleads to Assaulting Elderly Resident
Patricia Lindo-Ahono, 60, pleaded to charges of third-degree tampering with witnesses and fourth-degree assault upon an institutionalized elderly person, according to NBC Philadelphia. The charges stem from an incident at a New Jersey rehab center in Ocean County.
The government claims Lindo-Ahono struck a 77-year-old resident with a broom and attempted to cover it up by inducing an individual to withhold information from authorities, NBC Philadelphia reported. The date of the incident has not been established.
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