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  "textContent": "Attorney General for D.C. Jeanine Pirro has announced the indictments of three employees at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington.\n\nThey are being charged with criminal negligence in the death of a patient.\n\nNelson Kuma, 37, Richard Hounnou, 45, and Norma Munoz-Bent 68, all residents of Maryland, were indicted on charges of criminal negligence.\n\nThey appeared in court yesterday for their arraignment. After the arraignment, Kuma, Hounnou, and Munoz-Bent were released pending trial.\n\nThey are scheduled to appear before the Honorable Carmen McLean on May 29, 2026.\n\nIn the indictment, it is alleged that on the date of his death, a 58-year-old man became unresponsive and stopped breathing.\n\nKuma and Hounnou, who were employed by the Psychiatric Institute of Washington as psychiatric counselors, and Munoz-Bent, a registered nurse, found the victim in this condition, but failed to timely and properly assess him.\n\nIt's alleged that they did not perform CPR, and failed to provide any potentially lifesaving measures.\n\nThe OAG says the victim did not receive life saving measures for at least 21 minutes, and that by the time lifesaving measures started, it was too late, and he could not be resuscitated.\n\nIn a statement, Pirro and Inspector General Lucas acknowledged the work of those who are investigating and prosecuting the case from the Major Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the D.C. Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). They commend the efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Facci, who is prosecuting the case.",
  "title": "US Attorney for DC announcing indictment of 3 people in psychiatric patient's death"
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