The Brief
- During a July 9 bond hearing, prosecutors revealed that an unlicensed Central Florida assisted living ring was allegedly linked to physical violence, featuring allegations of patients being tased, pepper-sprayed, and physically beaten.
- Former staff members testified that those living in the facility were forbidden from contacting law enforcement.
- 911 logs showed hundreds of dispatches to the Cherish Home Care properties, including five separate calls for patients found without a pulse.
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Previous reports of abuse at Cherish Home Care facilities mostly centered around neglect and denial of food and freedoms. We’re now learning this was allegedly a much more violent environment than was understood before.
New details came to light regarding the alleged abuse at multiple unlicensed assisted living facilities in Polk and Osceola Counties – facilities run by Ronald Keith Pack and Marie Carenan.
The backstory:…