Prank May Have Led to Shock Treatments (Associated Press)

Prank May Have Led to Shock Treatments
By DENISE LAVOIE

BOSTON (AP) — State officials are investigating complaints that at least two teenagers were given electric shock treatments at a residential center for people with special needs because someone telephoned fake orders to the staff.

“There is still an ongoing criminal investigation,” said the school’s senior counsel, Ernest Corrigan. “We are working very closely with investigators.”

The state’s Disabled Persons Protection Committee is investigating a complaint that a third resident of the center — an adult — also received unnecessary shock treatments after the call, said Nancy Alterio, the committee’s executive director.

The complaints have been referred to the state police and the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, Alterio said.

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