Abuse at Minnesota Nursing Home Makes Work "Fun" - UPDATE
We discussed the teenage abusers at Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea in our previous blogs. The teenagers were involved in verbal, sexual, and emotional abuse of at least 15 residents at the facility who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The two women allegedly spit water on residents, poked residents in their breasts, aggravated residents, and inappropriately touched residents in their genitals.
Ashton Larson and Brianna Broitzman, the teenagers charged as adults in the alleged abuse case at Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea, will be arraigned in Freeborn County District Court on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. They face charges ranging from failure to report abuse to criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult and assault. Each woman faces ten or more charges, all of which are gross misdemeanors. Four other teenagers face charges as juveniles for mandatory failure to report suspected abuse.
Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson said at tomorrow's hearing, the judge will explain the charges both women face and Nelson intends to make a motion that the defendants be booked, photographed, and fingerprinted.
