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SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — A Slidell woman was arrested on Friday, Aug. 13, after she allegedly attacked a person under her care who is non-verbal and intellectually disabled.

According to Attorney General Liz Murrill, the investigation into Evangelina Ussin, of Liberty Drive, in Slidell, began after a complaint came in from the Louisiana Department of Health.

In a video, Ussin, a service worker for My Purpose Community Service, allegedly hit the victim, whom she was a direct service worker for, in the head and back using her hand, foot and a fence gate.

The affidavit reportedly states that special agents reviewed videos allegedly showing Ussin telling the victim to get up multiple times as they cried, then hitting them with

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