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January 10, 2009Community Outrage
December 13, 2008About 50 angry residents turned out at a community meeting sharply criticizing the county attorney and the management of Good Samaritan nursing home for their handling of abuse cases that have rocked the community.
Criminal complaints filed last week say six teenage aides taunted and groped nursing home residents who had advanced dementia, hitting and poking their breasts and genitals, sticking fingers in their mouths or noses to keep them from screaming, and laughing about it.
One after another, people at the somber meeting voiced amazement that the abuse could continue for months and that the aides were charged with gross misdemeanors rather than felonies.
The two-hour meeting at an Albert Lea hotel was organized by Wes Bledsoe, an activist from Oklahoma. Bledsoe started the advocacy group A Perfect Cause after his grandmother died from maltreatment in a nursing home there.
Guilty or not, he said, “if the two young women had been men, they would have been charged with felonies” instead of gross misdemeanors that might yield only suspended sentences and fines. They thought they could get away with it, because the residents had dementia, couldn’t speak up for themselves”.
Document: Complaint against Brianna Marie Broitzman
Document: Complaint against Ashton Michelle Larson
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Families sound off on abuse at Albert Lea nursing home
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The Albert Lea abuse case
Town Hall Meeting Addresses Albert Lea Nursing Home Abuse
Albert Lea Community Outraged Over Allegations of Nursing Home Abuse
Six Former Workers Charged in Albert Lea Nursing Home Abuse
Community Outrage
December 13, 2008About 50 angry residents turned out at a community meeting sharply criticizing the county attorney and the management of Good Samaritan nursing home for their handling of abuse cases that have rocked the community.
Criminal complaints filed last week say six teenage aides taunted and groped nursing home residents who had advanced dementia, hitting and poking their breasts and genitals, sticking fingers in their mouths or noses to keep them from screaming, and laughing about it.
One after another, people at the somber meeting voiced amazement that the abuse could continue for months and that the aides were charged with gross misdemeanors rather than felonies.
The two-hour meeting at an Albert Lea hotel was organized by Wes Bledsoe, an activist from Oklahoma. Bledsoe started the advocacy group A Perfect Cause after his grandmother died from maltreatment in a nursing home there.
Guilty or not, he said, “if the two young women had been men, they would have been charged with felonies” instead of gross misdemeanors that might yield only suspended sentences and fines. They thought they could get away with it, because the residents had dementia, couldn’t speak up for themselves”.
Document: Complaint against Brianna Marie Broitzman
Document: Complaint against Ashton Michelle Larson
Full Article and Source:
Families sound off on abuse at Albert Lea nursing home
See also:
The Albert Lea abuse case
Town Hall Meeting Addresses Albert Lea Nursing Home Abuse
Albert Lea Community Outraged Over Allegations of Nursing Home Abuse
Six Former Workers Charged in Albert Lea Nursing Home Abuse
>Community Outrage
December 13, 2008>
About 50 angry residents turned out at a community meeting sharply criticizing the county attorney and the management of Good Samaritan nursing home for their handling of abuse cases that have rocked the community.
Criminal complaints filed last week say six teenage aides taunted and groped nursing home residents who had advanced dementia, hitting and poking their breasts and genitals, sticking fingers in their mouths or noses to keep them from screaming, and laughing about it.
One after another, people at the somber meeting voiced amazement that the abuse could continue for months and that the aides were charged with gross misdemeanors rather than felonies.
The two-hour meeting at an Albert Lea hotel was organized by Wes Bledsoe, an activist from Oklahoma. Bledsoe started the advocacy group A Perfect Cause after his grandmother died from maltreatment in a nursing home there.
Guilty or not, he said, “if the two young women had been men, they would have been charged with felonies” instead of gross misdemeanors that might yield only suspended sentences and fines. They thought they could get away with it, because the residents had dementia, couldn’t speak up for themselves”.
Document: Complaint against Brianna Marie Broitzman
Document: Complaint against Ashton Michelle Larson
Full Article and Source:
Families sound off on abuse at Albert Lea nursing home
See also:
The Albert Lea abuse case
Town Hall Meeting Addresses Albert Lea Nursing Home Abuse
Albert Lea Community Outraged Over Allegations of Nursing Home Abuse
Six Former Workers Charged in Albert Lea Nursing Home Abuse
Fourth Suspect Arrested in Torture Case
December 10, 2008Police are holding a fourth suspect in the case of a 16-year-old boy who showed up emaciated and shackled at a gym.
Anthony Waiters was arrested at his place of work. He was booked at San Joaquin County Jail on charges of torture, conspiracy, child endangerment, corporal injury to a child and false imprisonment, according to police.
Police did not release any additional information about the arrest, citing a judge’s gag order on parties to the case.
Three other people face torture, kidnapping and multiple child abuse charges in connection with the case.
Michael Schumacher, his wife, Kelly Layne Lau, and the teen’s one-time guardian, Caren Ramirez, are each being held in lieu of more than $2.2 million bail at San Joaquin County Jail.
They have yet to enter pleas and are due back in court Jan. 5.
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Fourth suspect in custody in alleged Tracy abuse
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Neighbor jailed as fourth suspect in brutal Tracy teen abuse case
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Fourth Suspect Arrested in Torture Case
December 10, 2008Police are holding a fourth suspect in the case of a 16-year-old boy who showed up emaciated and shackled at a gym.
Anthony Waiters was arrested at his place of work. He was booked at San Joaquin County Jail on charges of torture, conspiracy, child endangerment, corporal injury to a child and false imprisonment, according to police.
Police did not release any additional information about the arrest, citing a judge’s gag order on parties to the case.
Three other people face torture, kidnapping and multiple child abuse charges in connection with the case.
Michael Schumacher, his wife, Kelly Layne Lau, and the teen’s one-time guardian, Caren Ramirez, are each being held in lieu of more than $2.2 million bail at San Joaquin County Jail.
They have yet to enter pleas and are due back in court Jan. 5.
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Fourth suspect in custody in alleged Tracy abuse
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Neighbor jailed as fourth suspect in brutal Tracy teen abuse case
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Fourth Suspect Arrested in Torture Case
December 10, 2008Police are holding a fourth suspect in the case of a 16-year-old boy who showed up emaciated and shackled at a gym.
Anthony Waiters was arrested at his place of work. He was booked at San Joaquin County Jail on charges of torture, conspiracy, child endangerment, corporal injury to a child and false imprisonment, according to police.
Police did not release any additional information about the arrest, citing a judge’s gag order on parties to the case.
Three other people face torture, kidnapping and multiple child abuse charges in connection with the case.
Michael Schumacher, his wife, Kelly Layne Lau, and the teen’s one-time guardian, Caren Ramirez, are each being held in lieu of more than $2.2 million bail at San Joaquin County Jail.
They have yet to enter pleas and are due back in court Jan. 5.
Full Article and Source:
Fourth suspect in custody in alleged Tracy abuse
More information:
Neighbor jailed as fourth suspect in brutal Tracy teen abuse case
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Arrests in Torture Case
December 6, 2008A woman is being held in a San Joaquin County jail, in connection with the torture and kidnapping of a teen reportedly held captive for nearly a year.
Police said that Caren Ramirez, 43, a felon who was the teen’s aunt and had a prior warrant for assaulting and abusing the boy, was arrested at an apartment, a few blocks south of the UC Berkeley campus.
Note: another article reported that Ramirez is not the boys aunt but his former guardian. The relationship is not clear at this time.
“Kelly Layne Lau and husband Michael Schumacher, of Tracy, were charged with 13 counts of abuse and former guardian Caren Ramirez was charged with 10 counts. The boy’s relation to Ramirez is unclear. Authorities had earlier identified Ramirez as the boy’s aunt but said Thursday they had learned she was a family friend that he called his aunt. Probation documents show that Ramirez claims to be the teen’s mother, but the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said that is not a fact. The office also said that there is no DNA or biological relationship between Ramirez and the teen.”
Warrant: Teen Forced To Stay In Fireplace
The boy was abused by his father and placed in the care of Ramirez by CPS in Sacramento County. He was then physically abused by Ramirez who was subsequently charged and sentenced in a plea deal — before being moved into a second foster home. He disappeared from the second home about a year ago.
When he showed up barely dressed and emaciated at the In-Shape Sports Club in Tracy, the boy told employees there he ran away from his second foster home in Sacramento because he wanted to be with his family.
According to court records, Ramirez was convicted in 2007 in Sacramento County of one felony count of inflicting corporal injury on a child. Ramirez also has three outstanding warrants for her arrest out of Sacramento.
Also arrested were Kelly Layne Lau and Michael Luther Schumacher. They are expected to be arraigned on charges of torture, kidnapping, false imprisonment, child endangerment and corporal injury to a child.
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Third suspect in Tracy abuse case arrested in Berkeley
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Video – Lau speaks to ABC7 about torture case
Video – Tracy torture suspects appear in court
In court papers, tortured boy describes life
New Details in Abuse Case of Shackled Teen
>Arrests in Torture Case
December 6, 2008>
A woman is being held in a San Joaquin County jail, in connection with the torture and kidnapping of a teen reportedly held captive for nearly a year.
Police said that Caren Ramirez, 43, a felon who was the teen’s aunt and had a prior warrant for assaulting and abusing the boy, was arrested at an apartment, a few blocks south of the UC Berkeley campus.
Note: another article reported that Ramirez is not the boys aunt but his former guardian. The relationship is not clear at this time.
“Kelly Layne Lau and husband Michael Schumacher, of Tracy, were charged with 13 counts of abuse and former guardian Caren Ramirez was charged with 10 counts. The boy’s relation to Ramirez is unclear. Authorities had earlier identified Ramirez as the boy’s aunt but said Thursday they had learned she was a family friend that he called his aunt. Probation documents show that Ramirez claims to be the teen’s mother, but the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said that is not a fact. The office also said that there is no DNA or biological relationship between Ramirez and the teen.”
Warrant: Teen Forced To Stay In Fireplace
The boy was abused by his father and placed in the care of Ramirez by CPS in Sacramento County. He was then physically abused by Ramirez who was subsequently charged and sentenced in a plea deal — before being moved into a second foster home. He disappeared from the second home about a year ago.
When he showed up barely dressed and emaciated at the In-Shape Sports Club in Tracy, the boy told employees there he ran away from his second foster home in Sacramento because he wanted to be with his family.
According to court records, Ramirez was convicted in 2007 in Sacramento County of one felony count of inflicting corporal injury on a child. Ramirez also has three outstanding warrants for her arrest out of Sacramento.
Also arrested were Kelly Layne Lau and Michael Luther Schumacher. They are expected to be arraigned on charges of torture, kidnapping, false imprisonment, child endangerment and corporal injury to a child.
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Third suspect in Tracy abuse case arrested in Berkeley
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Video – Lau speaks to ABC7 about torture case
Video – Tracy torture suspects appear in court
In court papers, tortured boy describes life
New Details in Abuse Case of Shackled Teen
Snakes in Suits
December 5, 2008When Psychopaths Go to Work
In popular culture, the image of the psychopath is of someone like Hannibal Lecter or the BTK Killer. But in reality, many psychopaths just want money, power, fame, or simply a nice car. Where do these psychopaths go? Often, it’s to the corporate world. In their new book, “Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work,” Paul Babiak, an industrial-organizational psychologist, and Robert Hare, a psychopathy expert, study office psychopaths. The modern, open, more flexible corporate world, in which high risks can equal high profits, attracts them. They may seem like superstars and corporate saviors, but they can alienate other employees and leave companies in shambles. Babiak and Hare were invited on “Today” to discuss their book.
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Snakes in Suits’ unmasks corporate psychos
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Snakes in Suits By Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare
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Profile of the Sociopath
National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse 