Chocoholic
10-24-2003, 02:55 PM
This happened here in Massachusetts. Some people really disgust me. I hope this miserable excuse for a human being gets thrown in jail or something. This woman should not be out in public! :mad:
BOSTON -- Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has asked for a court order against a Quincy woman who allegedly repeatedly verbally abused and harassed an 11-year-old autistic boy and his family.
Reilly filed a request Thursday for a preliminary injunction in Norfolk Superior Court, seeking to keep the woman away from the house occupied by the boy and his mother, and to prevent further harassment.
The complaint filed by Reilly alleged that, in several incidents since June, Eleanor Pimentel, 41, of Quincy, harassed the boy, who is her neighbor.
Pimentel frequently upset the boy, sometimes beyond consolation, and exacerbated the symptoms of his disability, the complaint alleged.
"My office is committed to protecting the citizens of Massachusetts from random acts of violence and hate-based verbal abuse," Reilly said in a statement. "We will continue our work to make sure those who violate the civil rights of other individuals are held accountable for their improper actions."
P. Christopher DiOrio, Pimentel's attorney, said, "The accusations are untrue."
He said Pimentel was "shocked and dismayed" by the allegations, and he was "amazed the attorney general's office has chosen to get themselves involved in this matter."
The boy's mother is a divorcee with four sons. She has twin autistic 11-year-olds, but one is more autistic than the other. Pimentel focused on the more disabled one, the mother said.
Pimentel used her dog "on numerous occasions" to "frighten and intimidate" the boy, the attorney general's complaint alleged.
The mother said that Pimentel had frightened her son to the point where "every time he sees her, he wets himself or soils himself. ... She thinks it's a joke, but it's humiliating. It's degrading."
The complaint alleged that, in one incident, Pimentel approached the boy and his mother on Aug. 13 and prevented them from boarding a school van.
Pimentel shouted threats at the boy's mother, screamed derogatory terms about the 11-year-old's autism and accused the boy and his actions of bringing down her property value, the complaint alleged.
A hearing on the request for a preliminary injunction is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Norfolk Superior Court. (AP)
BOSTON -- Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has asked for a court order against a Quincy woman who allegedly repeatedly verbally abused and harassed an 11-year-old autistic boy and his family.
Reilly filed a request Thursday for a preliminary injunction in Norfolk Superior Court, seeking to keep the woman away from the house occupied by the boy and his mother, and to prevent further harassment.
The complaint filed by Reilly alleged that, in several incidents since June, Eleanor Pimentel, 41, of Quincy, harassed the boy, who is her neighbor.
Pimentel frequently upset the boy, sometimes beyond consolation, and exacerbated the symptoms of his disability, the complaint alleged.
"My office is committed to protecting the citizens of Massachusetts from random acts of violence and hate-based verbal abuse," Reilly said in a statement. "We will continue our work to make sure those who violate the civil rights of other individuals are held accountable for their improper actions."
P. Christopher DiOrio, Pimentel's attorney, said, "The accusations are untrue."
He said Pimentel was "shocked and dismayed" by the allegations, and he was "amazed the attorney general's office has chosen to get themselves involved in this matter."
The boy's mother is a divorcee with four sons. She has twin autistic 11-year-olds, but one is more autistic than the other. Pimentel focused on the more disabled one, the mother said.
Pimentel used her dog "on numerous occasions" to "frighten and intimidate" the boy, the attorney general's complaint alleged.
The mother said that Pimentel had frightened her son to the point where "every time he sees her, he wets himself or soils himself. ... She thinks it's a joke, but it's humiliating. It's degrading."
The complaint alleged that, in one incident, Pimentel approached the boy and his mother on Aug. 13 and prevented them from boarding a school van.
Pimentel shouted threats at the boy's mother, screamed derogatory terms about the 11-year-old's autism and accused the boy and his actions of bringing down her property value, the complaint alleged.
A hearing on the request for a preliminary injunction is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Norfolk Superior Court. (AP)