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ARC Investigation Could Wrap Up Next Week

ARC Investigation Could Wrap Up Next Week - Friday, April 10, 2009 at 5:50PM EST

WYOMING COUNTY- Investigators say they're wrapping up their probe into the "ARC" of Wyoming County. The agency provides care for people with special needs. There are allegations that some staffers may have spiked food with human feces. The I-Team broke this story two weeks ago.
The I-Team confirmed that at least two employees of the ARC of Wyoming County were fired late last year when word of the tainted food surfaced. Sources tell us an internal investigation showed they put feces in food and drink of some clients. The ARC provides in-home care for those with special needs.

The question detectives are trying to answer now is, are more staffers involved and were more clients given tainted food?

Eyewitness News spoke to District Attorney George Skumanick. “We are interviewing people. The ARC association has been very cooperative. We interviewed the people in question and hopefully we'll be able to wrap this up in the next week or so and see if there are any possible criminal charges and who they would be against," he said.

And Skumanick says even though some of the potential victims have special needs, it is not hindering their investigation. "We deal with people with special needs all the time, extremely young witnesses, people with other special needs, so we are working that into our investigation and making sure we are getting correct information from the people we can get it from," he added.

We have also learned that the director of ARC stepped down in recent weeks, when word of the tainted food came to light.

Possible charges include reckless endangerment and assault. If you have any information about this case, the D. A. wants to hear from you.
 


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