Tucson adult care home evacuated as operators face abuse charges
Copyright 2010 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 01/30/2013
-
By: Associated Press
TUCSON, AZ - An adult care home in Tucson has been evacuated with its residents transferred to other facilities as operators face abuse charges.
Authorities say 58-year-old Patricia Ybarra and 34-year-old Ernesto Torres each face multiple charges of physical and emotional abuse after being arrested and jailed Monday. They're a mother and son who operated the White Dove Care Home.
Assistant Attorney General Jesse Delaney says the investigation of the state-licensed facility began after a resident told a state caseworker at a medical facility that she was afraid to return to the home.
According to the Arizona Daily Star , court documents say residents told of being slapped, pushed, threatened and made to stay outside between meals regardless of the weather.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
PRINT- Your Region News
Click on the region names in the map below to see news from that region.
RIGHT NOW: Top Stories
-
RAW: Arias talks 1-on-1 with ABC15
Arias sat down with ABC15's Amy Murphy Tuesday night, just hours after jurors began deliberating, to speak out about the trial, her feelings about Travis Alexander's death and whether she wants to live or die.
-
GOP promotes 20-week abortion ban
House Republicans who oppose abortion promoted legislation Wednesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
-
Names of OK tornado victims released
The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children.
-
Services set for fallen Phoenix officer
Officer Daryl Raetz died after he was struck by a vehicle during a DUI traffic stop early Sunday morning.
-
Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.
-
2,400 homes damaged in OK tornado
At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said.
