GRAPHIC: Caregiver accused of choking 93-year-old woman, hitting her with soiled diaper [Video]

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – A 26-year-old woman has been criminally charged after allegedly assaulting a patient with severe dementia at a Michigan assisted living facility, according to Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson.

“Our 93-year-old victim who has severe dementia was assaulted by a 26-year-old female from Flint Township,” Swanson said.

The sheriff said the victim was assaulted by Dontia Shawnra Arrington, a caregiver at Landings of Genesee Valley, on April 4.

The alleged assault was caught on a nanny camera placed in the patient’s room by her family members, according to Swanson.

Arrington started to get physical with the victim after she had an accident, Swanson described. She then allegedly beat the victim with a soiled diaper and attempted to choke her.

“You see the vulnerability of the victim and the fact that she’s getting hit with a 2-to-3-pound soiled diaper,” Swanson stated. “But if that isn’t …