A professional caretaker, has been arrested and charged with abuse of an elderly person, criminal neglect of a patient, and battery, following an investigation by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.
Kristi Haworth was taken into custody after an investigation started on March 8, when law enforcement officials responded to a memory care facility in Carson City for a report of elder abuse.
Video footage reviewed by deputies showed Haworth physically battering an 83-year-old resident on two separate occasions, according to the Sheriff’s Office. After being placed on administrative leave and subsequently terminated by the facility, Haworth declined to be interviewed by detectives…