NEW YORK (PIX11) – A former NYCHA employee has been charged with reckless endangerment in connection to an incident where a man had his right hand severed at a Bronx NYCHA property back in May.
The New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) announced the defendant, 33-year-old Bronx resident Danique Brooks, was arrested on Tuesday.
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“The defendant paid the victim to do dangerous work for which the victim was not trained, abandoned him after that work severed his right hand, and lied about her involvement in the incident on official records, as charged in the complaint,” DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber said.
Brooks and another caretaker, 36-year-old Edward Fernandez, were employed at the J.P. Mitchel Houses when the incident occurred, according to an investigation. The two would contact the victim to perform maintenance duties in exchange for payments, authorities said…