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A home health nurse in Florida has been arrested after allegedly abusing an 18-year-old disabled woman in her care. Nia Ayers, 24, was charged with aggravated abuse of the elderly or disabled after disturbing footage from home security cameras was turned over to authorities, according to a news release from the St. Cloud Police Department. The victim, a non-verbal quadriplegic woman diagnosed with cerebral palsy, was allegedly assaulted multiple times while under Ayers’ care. Police say Ayers was caught on video repeatedly taping the young woman’s mouth shut and then...