Former Helping Hands group home worker pleads not guilty to abuse charge

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    HALES CORNERS, Wisconsin (WDJT) — 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.

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