Two staffers at a New Jersey nursing home were indicted after allegedly pepper-spraying an 87-year-old dementia patient , prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Nurse Lisa Erikson, 56, of Manchester, was indicted on charges of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and assault on an institutionalized elderly person, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.

Erikson and Joshua Benner, a 34-year-old certified nursing assistant from Brick, were also indicted on neglect of an elderly or disabled adult.

A third staffer involved was not indicted and charges against them were dismissed.

The alleged incident occurred in Ocean County at the Whiting Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center back on March 19, when the staffers responded to an elderly man “enga

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