A woman whose job was to protect elderly and disabled adults pleaded guilty to housing them in deplorable conditions.
A judge then sentenced her to six months in jail.
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“Your honor. All of this…it looks so bad,” 57-year-old Claudette Hines said to Clayton County Superior Court Judge Aaron Mason.
Hines pleaded with Judge Mason for mercy after she pleaded guilty to housing eight elderly and disabled adults in deplorable conditions in a Clayton County home on Walker Road.
“And whatever happened, it wasn’t intentional. None of it was intentional sir,” she explained.
Prosecutors say it was back in 2019 when the landlord called police after she found the basement where residents lived flooded with human waste and urine on the floor.
The state said residents, one as old as 82, had injuries from being bitten by bed bugs.
“Law enforcement observed bed bugs in the three of the residents’ beds,” said Assistant District Attorney Anyssa Williams.