TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A house well being help is accused of molesting an 86-year-old disabled lady he was caring for.
NBC affiliate WTVJ reported that 39-year-old Juan Jose Romero Ruiz was arrested Wednesday and faces prices of sexual battery and lewd lascivious molestation of an aged disabled particular person.
Relations instructed police that the sufferer has dementia and poor short-term reminiscence. The household employed Ruiz, who labored for Pembroke Pines-based Lovable Household Residence Care, to are likely to the girl’s fundamental wants, resembling cleansing and companionship.
WTVJ reported that Ruiz began working for the sufferer on Tuesday. An arrest report said that the sufferer’s grandson checked surveillance footage and noticed Ruiz molesting his grandmother.
He instantly alerted relations of the incident. He additionally referred to as Ruiz’s firm and demanded that Ruiz be faraway from the house.
Police mentioned that the grandson additionally discovered footage from the day earlier than of Ruiz sexually battering the sufferer.
“The truth that this man acted on his impulse was, for lack of a greater phrase, inside hours of arriving on the residence, signifies to me a minimum of, that is almost certainly not his first time doing this,” mentioned Anthony Bruno, the sufferer’s household lawyer instructed WTVJ.
Officers mentioned they detained Ruiz on the firm’s Pembroke Pines workplace. He’s being held with no bond at Broward County jail and an immigration maintain.
“My understanding is (the sufferer) is doing effectively, all issues thought-about, I am unable to advise us as to whether she will absolutely comprehend what occurred to her given her situation,” Bruno mentioned. “The household is clearly traumatized.”
Lovable Household Residence Care instructed the information station that it’s absolutely cooperating with legislation enforcement officers.
“We’re each saddened and in shock about this very unlucky scenario. As an company in the neighborhood for the previous 12 years, we now have been working laborious and try to at all times give our members the perfect care,” the assertion mentioned partly. “Now we have restricted data and since that is an ongoing investigation, no additional particulars might be supplied.”
The Dawn Police Division mentioned it’s figuring out if there are further victims. Anybody who might have had related experiences or further data is requested to name police at 954-746-3499.
