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Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2024. Each year, over 5 million older adults are abused, neglected, or exploited. Older Americans lose over $2.6 billion or more annually due to elder financial abuse and exploitation, funds that could be used to pay for basic needs such as housing, food, and medical care. Please contact the National Center on Elder Abuse at 1-855-500-3537 or [email protected] with any questions. #WEAAD
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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJUNE 8, 2024Home Healthcare Worker Found Guilty of 1st Degree Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult, Resulting in Catastrophic Physical InjuryFrederick, MD – Yesterday, in Frederick County Circuit Court, Emmanuel Olaeken Owoyeye, 49, was ordered to serve twelve months in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center with another nine years suspended. That sentence began yesterday. Owoyeye was found guilty of 1st Degree Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult following a bench trial before the Honorable William R. Nicklas on May 28, 2024. On August 4, 2023, a resident of an apartment complex in Frederick was walking his dog when he saw a man lying on the ground beneath an open third-story window. Frederick County Sheriff’s Office deputies and EMS responded. It was determined that the 55-year-old victim was a vulnerable adult as a result of his diagnoses of Down Syndrome and dementia. A deputy went to the victim’s apartment and notified the Defendant, the victim’s caregiver, that the victim was on the ground. The Defendant admitted to the deputy that he had not checked on the victim for over three and a half hours. The victim was in his bedroom with the door closed, while the Defendant remained in the living room. While the victim was unsupervised, he removed the screen from his bedroom window and jumped out, falling three stories. Because the victim was known to try to get out of the apartment through the balcony or the front door, the Defendant was instructed by his supervisors that he was required to have the victim in line of sight when the victim was awake and to check on him periodically if he was sleeping. The Defendant, who was paid to care for the victim, failed to supervise the victim as required. The victim was transported by Trooper 3 to University of Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore. As a result of the injuries sustained in the fall from the window, the victim is confined to a wheelchair and will not be able to live outside of a nursing home setting.Upon release, the Defendant will serve 5 years of probation. The first three years of probation are to be supervised, and the last two years are unsupervised. All standard conditions apply. As a condition of his probation, the Defendant may not work with vulnerable adults or children. The State was represented by Assistant State’s Attorney, Erin Pearl, Special Victims Unit. Press Contact:Jacqueline RottmannCourt Media Relations Officer 301-600-2972100 West Patrick StreetFrederick, Maryland 21701####
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1 week ago
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office, MD - Integrity Driven • Community Built hosted their annual Open House today! Come join us until 8 pm! 110 Airport Drive East, Frederick, MD 21701.
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2 weeks ago
The Frederick Rescue Mission has been serving our community for over fifty years! State’s Attorney Staff volunteer once a month and served lunch today. (Pictured from the left: Erin Cockey, Chrissy Blue-Williams, Lindsay Barnhart, Terri Brown and Lexi Reeder) The Mission is located at 419 W. South St. in Frederick.
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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJUNE 3, 2024Frederick Man to Serve 9 Years in Prison for Attempted 2nd Degree Rape and Sex Abuse of a Minor Frederick, MD – Today, in Frederick County Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sandy sentenced Jose Nelson Guerra Sanchez, 26, to 25 years suspend all but 9 years in the Department of Corrections for Sex Abuse of a Minor. On February 14, 2023, a Frederick Police Department Detective responded to a call for a delayed report of sexual abuse. Through investigation, and after a forensic interview at the Child Advocacy Center, it was learned that the defendant sexually abused the victim when the victim was 14 years old and the defendant was 23 years old.The Defendant was previously convicted on April 9, 2024 after a bench trial in front of the Honorable Richard Sandy. Upon release, the Defendant will serve 5 years of supervised probation through COMET supervision, have no contact with the victim, have no contact with minor children, and must submit to a psychosexual evaluation and follow all recommendations. In addition, the Defendant will have to register as a sex offender for life and is also subject to lifetime sex offender supervision. The State of Maryland was represented by Chief Assistant State’s Attorney, Lindsey Carpenter. Press Contact:Jacqueline RottmannCourt Media Relations Officer301-600-2972100 West Patrick StreetFrederick, Maryland 21701
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