An aide at a state-run veterans home in Montrose has admitted to endangering the welfare of a disabled veteran whom he was taking care of.

Matthew Cox pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of an incompetent/physically disabled person in exchange for one year of probation.

News 12’s Tara Rosenblum previously reported that Cox was caught on hidden camera allegedly abusing Gulf War veteran Albert O’Toole.

Investigators found that Cox hit O'Toole, who was living with a traumatic brain injury, with a broom on the head, grabbed him by the neck, roughly placed him into his wheelchair and then struck him.

Rosenblum’s reporting led to new safeguards being announced at veteran homes in New York.