Hastings, N.Y. — A 75-year-old Hastings woman was arrested Wednesday after troopers say she kept a severely disabled woman confined in a swelteringly hot shed filled with garbage outside a Hastings home.
The 46-year-old woman, who was non-verbal and physically disabled, was confined in a shed where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees, Trooper Jennifer Jiron, a spokesperson for the State Police said Thursday in a news release.
The woman had multiple broken bones, Jiron said.
The woman was unable to sit up or hydrate on her own, had no access to water and was using a bucket as a toilet, Jiron said.
She was wearing the same soiled clothing for several days and was swarmed by flies.
The woman was discovered on July 29 when troopers responded to a home on U.S. Route 11 in the town of Hastings for a welfare check.
A health care provider called 911, expressing concern that the 46-year-old woman was not receiving her medications, she said.
When troopers arrived, they found the woman in a “highly distressed state,” Jiron said.
The woman was taken to Upstate University Hospital where she was found to be severely dehydrated and unable to walk. She remained hospitalized for several days and has since been placed in the care of a court-appointed guardian, Jiron said.
Maria Y. Traub was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person and first-degree reckless endangerment, both felonies, Jiron said.
Troopers did not reveal if Traub was related to the woman.
Traub was arraigned in Oswego County CAP Court and released on her own recognizance.