Former Helping Hands group home worker pleads not guilty to abuse charge
Posted: Oct 11, 2023 2:42 PM CDT
HALES CORNERS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Former group home worker Avery Davis was arraigned in court Wednesday, Oct. 11.
He was first taken into custody Sept. 21, accused of the intentional abuse of a patient.
Forty-seven-year-old Davis, who worked at the Helping Hands home in Hales Corners, entered a not guilty plea Wednesday morning.
Cellphone video from July shows Davis appearing to hit a nonverbal, autistic client outside the home. The home has since been shut down.
In court Wednesday, Davis, who appeared by zoom, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge.
His next court date is Nov. 9.