A Missouri nursing assistant has been accused of sexually abusing a 75-year-old patient who cannot move without assistance. Calieb Chase Craft, 24, was arrested on Thursday and charged with sodomy, sexual abuse, and elder abuse, according to court records. His employer, CoxHealth, said Friday it had fired him. According to the Springfield News-Leader, a 75-year-old …
A Florida woman has been arrested for the 2018 death of her 85-year-old mother, who was found dead of “severe emaciation” and a bladder infection, wearing a trash bag as a diaper. Kim Zaheer, 64, was charged with manslaughter of an elderly disabled adult and is being held on a $500,000 bond, the Flagler County …
A California caregiver has been charged with elder abuse after a hidden camera captured her hitting a 91-year-old confined to a medical bed dozens of times over a four-day period. Rima Abikaram, 50, was hired by the victim’s family in 2015 to be one of two people giving the elderly woman, identified only as Jane …
Earlier this month, a Virginia woman and her adult daughter were arrested for allegedly neglecting the woman’s mother to the point that she required hospitalization. The 74-year-old victim reportedly lived in Pittsylvania County with her daughter and granddaughter, Shannon and Brianna Tipton, and Brianna Tipton’s child. WSET reported that authorities got involved after hospital staff …
A New York man — a convicted sex offender with at least 100 arrests — was reportedly filmed Friday randomly shoving an elderly woman, causing her to fall head-first into a fire hydrant. Rashid Brimmage, 31, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assaulting a 92-year-old woman in Manhattan. WCBS reported that an anonymous tip led …
A California man is facing felony charges after police say he intentionally gave homeless people poisoned food to watch their reaction. Some of the victims thought they were participating in the “spicy foods challenge” when they accepted food from William Robert Cable, 38, of San Andreas. Cable is accused of lacing the food with oleoresin …
A caregiver at an Arizona assisted living facility was arrested on Friday for abusing a 96-year-old woman in her care. On Monday, Maricopa County police announced they’ve charged Gloria Biamushinga, 27, with one count of vulnerable adult abuse. The victim’s family reported the abuse to law enforcement on April 11. Police said they viewed surveillance …
A California caregiver convicted of holding a disabled woman captive for 11 to 23 years and contributing to an elderly man’s death was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in prison. Shirley Montano, 53, was found culpable for the 2016 death of Robert Chagas, 74, and the imprisonment of Josefina Kellogg, 60. Montano kept Kellogg …
Three former employees of a North Carolina assisted living facility have been arrested and charged with abusing patients with dementia, including encouraging them to fight and filming the encounters, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. Taneshia Deshawn Jordan, 26, was arrested on October 2; Tonacia Yvonne Tyson, 20, was arrested on October 3; and Marilyn Latish McKey, …
Money stolen from the elderly couple reportedly included reparations given to the grandmother for the Holocaust
Nicols’ son got conservatorship over the 86-year-old actress shortly after she was diagnosed with dementia
A Michigan woman accused caregivers of imprisoning her elderly father and stepmother in their own home—a situation she said started when a judge inexplicably denied her request for guardianship. Marcia Mitchell told WXYZ that Barb and Bob, her 70-year-old stepmother and 72-year-old father, were dealing with memory issues and dementia. She said their ailing health …
