In late August, Ferreyra and Prudhomme were found dead inside the burned remains of a state-licensed and funded home for severely disabled adults...CALIFORNIA - October 6, 2016 - Los Angeles Times
Three Maryland sheriff's deputies are appealing a federal judge's order for them to stand trial for the asphyxiation death of a man...MARYLAND - October 4, 2016 - The Seattle Times
A rapid series of high-profile cases of police shootings involving disabled people and marked by protests across the United States could prove the spark that brings disability into the wider eye... NATIONAL - October 5, 2016 - VOX
A high school student says in a lawsuit that a school police officer tasered him twice for being late to class after having an anxiety attack...CALIFORNIA - October 2, 2016 - The Free Thought Project
A 22-year-old developmentally disabled man has alleged his foster parents kept him tied up in his bedroom and didn't feed him... The victim also alleged his foster parents "would give him a bucket to use as a toilet and when they tied him up, it was with a white rope." OHIO - October 5, 2016 - Norwalk Reflector
Before Kayden Culp was placed in an induced coma on Sunday, the 10-year-old special needs child who had been lured to a Texas shack, doused with gasoline and set on fire was able to tell his mom the person responsible for the grisly attack needed to face justice: "He hurt me. He set me on fire. He needs to go to jail." TEXAS - October 6, 2016 - FoxNews.com
The former director of a Pueblo center where residents with severe disabilities were abused is now in charge of adult services at one of Colorado's 20 community boards that manage benefit money for the disabled, a move that has angered numerous parents. COLORADO - October 5, 2016 - The Denver Post
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department has charged a caretaker with assaulting a disabled adult... a witness says Jovarrus Stegall punched the disabled adult in the face back in June... TENNESSEE - October 4, 2016 - WDEF.com
The first time Frankie Martinez called police because one of her elderly father's roommates was intimidating him and refusing to pay rent, she waited on the side of the road for two hours. When Aurora Police Department patrol offers arrived, they told Martinez and her father there was nothing they could do... The next time Martinez called the Aurora Police Department because of the roommate, she was put in touch with its Special Victims Unit. That's when she met two detectives who were focused and passionate about crimes against the elderly. Pretty soon, the roommate was out of the house and facing criminal charges. COLORADO - October 3, 2016 - The Denver Post
The Department of Human Services oversees the Pueblo Regional Center. They released a statement saying, in part, they will "continue to improve staff training in a number of areas, including the useo f restraints, and one-on-one supervision of clients...COLORADO - September 29, 2016 - KKTV 11 News
Abuses at a Pueblo center for people with severe intellectual disabilities included a resident performing a sexual act in exchange for a soda and another burned with a blow dryer in an attempt to raise her body temperature, according to a federal report obtained by The Denver Post... COLORADO - September 27, 2016 - The Denver Post
Susan Medina, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, says 69-year-old Carol Carpenter of Blanca was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder for the October 23 death of 27-year-old Corey Carpenter who weighed about 90 pounds when he died...COLORADO - September 28, 2016 - Aurora Sentinel
Sherill Holder was the executive director of the Sumter County Disabilities and Special Needs Board when he was charged in 2008 with one count of kidnapping and two counts of criminal sexual conduct involving assaults of disabled men... SOUTH CAROLINA - September 19, 2016 - Greenville News
The Florida Department of Children and Families said an adult protective services investigation began the day of the alleged beating and was closed two months later...FLORIDA - September 13, 2016 - Sun Sentinel
Tennessee Adult Protective Services along with Animal Rescue Corps were called to the scene. The four persons were taken to a nearby hospital... and the animals were taken to a nearby emergency animal shelter... TENNESSEE - September 6, 2016 - WAAY
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that, in two distict cases, four nursing home aides who were paid to provide care to elderly residents and residents with substantial disabilities were arrested and arraigned on September 13 before Oswego City Coiurt Judge James Metcalf. All four defendants were charged with felonies and misdemeanors relating to allegedly taking still and video digital images of residents in undignified poses at two nursing homes in Oswego... NEW YORK - September 15, 2016 - New York Attorney General
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrest and arraignment of Andrew Hatcher, 26, of Brooklyn, a former direct support assistant at the state-run group home Centereach Intermediate Care Facility in Centereach, for allegedly tying up an intellectually and physically disabled resident so that she was unable to get out of bed. Hatcher allegedly wrapped a bed sheet around the frail resident's waist and then tied and knotted the sheet to one leg of her pajama pants, which had been removed from her leg. Hatcher allegedly further endangered nthe resident by not checking on her during the entirety of the night shift when he was the only one responsible for her care and she was supposed to be checked on every fifteen minutes... NEW YORK - September 7, 2016 - New York Attorney General
Attorney General Pam Bondi's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, announced the arrest of a former Gadsden County Florida State Hospital employee for alleged physical abuse of a disabled patient. Following an altercation, hospital staff allegedly physically removed the defendant, Alashi Denise Lurry, 29, from a disabled patient's room According to the MFCU investigation, Lurry repeatedly returned to the patient's room, climbed on the bed and kicked the restrained patient on the head and face. NEW YORK - August 23, 2016 - New York Attorney General
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the indictment of Jacky Stanley, a former employee of Northeast Center for Special Care. Stanley is charged with sexually abusing six residents of the facility, all of whom suffered from traumatic brain injuries. NEW YORK - August 17, 2016 - New York Attorney General