MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A house well being aide is now at the back of bars after police mentioned she used to be stuck on digicam slapping an aged, disabled girl “unable to speak nor defend herself” at her house in Miami Gardens greater than 3 weeks in the past.
Some of the abuse, police mentioned, used to be witnessed by means of the sufferer’s personal granddaughter.
Miami Gardens police mentioned officials answered to a reported abuse name round 6 p.m. on Oct. 3 at a house close to the 1800 block of Northwest twenty seventh Avenue.
Upon arrival, government mentioned they spoke with the sufferer’s daughter who informed them that her mom wanted further help after a state of affairs befell with a well being support from Mazal Nursing Services, a house healthcare provider in Miami.
The sufferer’s daughter informed government that whilst she used to be at paintings, Fanny Santana, 49, got here to her house to maintain her mom, who’s paralyzed at the proper aspect of her frame.
The sufferer’s granddaughter informed police that she used to be at house inside of her room when Santana used to be taking good care of her grandmother, in accordance to the record.
The granddaughter mentioned after listening to loud slapping noises coming from her grandmother’s room, she checked to see what used to be taking place and spotted Santana throwing pillows across the room, the record mentioned.
Police mentioned the granddaughter straight away returned to her room to retrieve her mobile phone and started recording Santana being competitive with her grandmother.
Home surveillance video later confirmed Santana being competitive with the sufferer and “pulling off her diaper with such force that the aide almost fell backwards,” in accordance to the record.
Investigators mentioned the sufferer had a sore on her proper buttock that might’ve been annoyed by means of Santana’s movements.
The surveillance video additionally confirmed Santana slapping the sufferer a couple of occasions on her left arm and left leg, government mentioned.
While bringing her in for wondering, Santana informed detectives that she “had a bad night the night before and was not used to working the night shift,” the record mentioned.
According to prison data, Santana, who lives in northeast Miami-Dade’s Ives Estates house, is going through one fee of annoyed abuse on a disabled/aged sufferer.
Authorities mentioned she has since been fired from Mazal Nursing Services and as of Thursday, is being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center the place her bond used to be set at $10,000.
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