Former caregiver sentenced for battery, strangulation
Posted: May 17, 2022 12:33 PM EST
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. -- A former caregiver was sentenced for injuring a man who uses a wheelchair. Ashley Humphrey was sentenced to 50 days in jail, 2 years house arrest and one year probation for his convictions of one count of battery - bodily injury to a disabled person and strangulation.
He was found guilty at trial in April 2022.
He was sentenced during a hearing on Tuesday.
The victim, 29, uses a wheelchair due to a health condition. The victim said Humphrey strangled him and pushed him back into his wheelchair, according to court records.
The incident happened in September 2019.