Image of Joseph Hall provided by the Bradford County District Attorney’s Office, with a background depicting the area near the Page Manor retirement and disabled persons home where Hall attacked multiple residents (source: Google Maps).
A man from Pennsylvania has been found guilty and received a sentence for failing to care for his live-in girlfriend, who is partially paralyzed. Authorities reported that he overlooked severe wounds she had, which were so deep they exposed her tailbone.
Joseph Hall, aged 39 and residing in Sayre, faced charges in January for neglecting his girlfriend who required care, as per court documents. He was also recently found guilty of attacking individuals at the Page Manor home for retirees and people with disabilities in Athens. During this incident, he impersonated a police officer, claiming he was in search of his wife.
Hall was sentenced last month to a minimum of one year and five months in a state correctional facility and a maximum of six years, along with fines and costs. His charges included neglecting a care-dependent person, criminal trespassing and simple assault.
Police arrested Hall in January and accused him of refusing to help his live-in girlfriend after he agreed to provide in-home health treatment, according to NorthcentralPA.com.
The victim, who is paralyzed from the waist down, was later found with significant wounds from a lack of proper care, including one wound that was covered in fecal matter, along with exposing her tailbone, NorthcentralPA.com reports
Officers were familiar with Hall after investigating shoving attacks that he unleashed at Page Manor, which led to trespassing and simple assault charges.
Hall reportedly broke into the building and later admitted he was just looking for his girlfriend. He shoved several of Page Manor’s residents, who told police he had assaulted people there before while claiming he was “looking for kids.”
Hall’s criminal history includes previous charges for criminal trespassing, receiving stolen property, access device fraud, burglary, and criminal mischief.
