Leroy Smith III is expected to be sent to Riverview Psychiatric Center for treatment.
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Edson charges reignite debate over mentally ill who commit crimes
Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty says the Riverview patient charged with assault doesn’t belong in jail, but others disagree as the state struggles to find a solution.
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Riverview pepper-spray victim charged with assaulting maintenance worker
Arlene Edson, 30, most recently of Biddeford, has pleaded not guilty to punching a man in the face, causing his nose and mouth to bleed and chipping a tooth.
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Riverview patient plans to sue state for $1 million
Arlene Edson was pepper sprayed while she was naked, alone in her room and not threatening employees, according to an investigation at the Augusta mental hospital.
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Overseer’s report lists Riverview Psychiatric Center shortcomings
The state psychiatric hospital is out of compliance with a consent decree that governs how the state must treat people with severe and persistent mental illness, a report from Elizabeth Jones says.
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Father accused of throwing infant down stairs is ex-Riverview nurse
William Goodhue Lord Jr., 39, gave the OK to corrections officers to use pepper spray on a female patient who was not threatening staff.
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Riverview patient accused of assaulting three mental health workers
Ismail Mohamed Awad, being held in Kennebec County jail, begged a judge on Friday to send him to a ‘mental institution.’
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Pepper-spray incident, other Riverview psych center problems to go before judge for possible penalties
State legislators learn of the review as a court master and the acting superintendent report on the hospital’s problems and next steps.
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Advocacy group delayed reporting of Riverview pepper spray incident
The Disability Rights Center is defending its decision to wait two months to tell state abuse investigators what had happened at the state hospital in Augusta.
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Riverview psychiatric patients, looking for refuge, find isolation instead
The Augusta-based facility has relied on the use of seclusion and restraints at comparatively high rates, even as national experts have discredited the methods as harmful to mental health.