She locked stepdaughter in her room and allowed her to live in a filthy home.
Lynn Maxwell is escorted by State Police after being sentenced Oct. 12, 2009 in Palermo Town Court. She and her husband, Lindsey Maxwell, were found guilty by a Palermo Town Court jury in August of four counts each of endangering the welfare of a child.Syracuse, N.Y. -- Lynn D. Maxwell, an Oswego County woman convicted of keeping her stepdaughter locked up in filthy conditions, has had her nursing license revoked.
The state Board of Regents took the action against Maxwell, who is serving a two-year sentence in the Oswego County Correction Facility. She and her husband, Lindsey Maxwell, were convicted of four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for locking Lindsey Maxwell’s daughter, the late Erin Maxwell, in her room and allowing her to live in a filthy home filled with cats, chickens and birds. Alan Jones, Maxwell’s stepbrother, was convicted of murdering the 11-year-old girl who was found strangled in her room in August, 2008.
Being convicted of a crime is considered professional misconduct and grounds for taking disciplinary action against a nurse or other licensed health care worker.
A three-person Regents review committee unanimously recommended that Maxwell’s license be revoked.
“Respondent was convicted of egregious behavior unworthy of a licensed professional in the State of New York,” the committee said in its report.
Maxwell got her nursing license in 1985. She used to work at the Manor at Seneca Hill, an Oswego County nursing home.