Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said her office reached a settlement over allegations of elder abuse and consumer fraud tied to the assisted living facility formerly known as Heritage Village Assisted Living, a Mesa property that drew years of complaints and scrutiny.
Under a consent judgment filed Jan. 22, Mayes asked the court to permanently bar Gary Langendoen, Tracy Langendoen and companies owned by the California real estate investors from providing health care services to vulnerable adults in Arizona. The defendants will also pay $100,000 in civil penalties, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
“Heritage Village was one of the most notorious assisted living facilities in Arizona, and I filed a lawsuit to make sure that the people responsible for the Heritage Village horror stories can never again put Arizona’s elderly at risk of serious injury or death,” Mayes said. “Today’s settlement achieves that goal.”…