{"id":5537,"date":"2026-08-17T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/2-support-facility-workers-arrested-after-leaving-vulnerable-adult-strapped-to-toilet-for-1-hour\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:41:09","slug":"2-support-facility-workers-arrested-after-leaving-vulnerable-adult-strapped-to-toilet-for-1-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/2-support-facility-workers-arrested-after-leaving-vulnerable-adult-strapped-to-toilet-for-1-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Assist Facility Employees Arrested After Leaving Susceptible Grownup Strapped to Bathroom for 1 Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two staff at a help facility in South Carolina have been arrested after they allegedly left a susceptible grownup strapped to a rest room with a leaking feeding tube for greater than an hour with out serving to them.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina State Legislation Enforcement Division confirmed that Angela Peterson and Sherika Myles have been charged with neglect of a susceptible grownup following the incident. Peterson, 46, and Myles, 41, have been booked into the Dorchester County Detention Heart, they usually have since been launched after posting bond.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson was working as a registered nurse on the Coastal Regional Heart in Summerville, South Carolina, on the time of the incident, whereas Myles was employed as a direct help skilled.<\/p>\n<p>Each Peterson and Myles had been tasked to maintain a susceptible grownup on Might 20, in line with the arrest affidavit considered by Us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Associated: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Day Care Employees Seen Allegedly &#8216;Torturing&#8217; Children in Surveillance Movies<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThree Florida day care staff are accused of torturing younger kids of their care via bodily abuse, together with by hitting them with their arms and a picket spoon as a \u201ctype of punishment,\u201d in line with court docket paperwork. Surveillance footage from Gingerbread Manor Baby Care Heart in Rockledge confirmed three ladies recognized as academics on the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of many defendants was accused of strapping the sufferer to a rest room with a G-tube, which is also called a gastrostomy tube and is designed to assist with supplemental feeding, hydration or giving medication to the sufferers.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the tube began to leak, and Peterson allegedly did nothing about it regardless of realizing that there was a problem with it.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson ultimately \u201cwrapped a towel across the G-tube to cease it from leaking\u201d after which allegedly \u201cwaited till the subsequent shift nurse arrived, an hour later, to obtain assist fixing the G-tube,\u201d in line with the paperwork. The sufferer was then \u201cleft strapped to a rest room, with a leaking G-tube for an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Myles was assigned to take care of the sufferer and examine on them \u201ceach 5 minutes,\u201d which she \u201cdidn&#8217;t do adequately,\u201d per the paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>At one level, the sufferer fell whereas they have been strapped to the bathroom. Authorities mentioned they have been then discovered \u201cin a squatted place on the ground in entrance of the bathroom\u201d and have been \u201cnonetheless strapped in.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=200&amp;h=113&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=300&amp;h=169&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=600&amp;h=338&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=800&amp;h=450&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=900&amp;h=506&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=563&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=675&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=1800&amp;h=1012&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/florida-parents-arrested-.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1080&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"florida-parents-arrested\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Associated: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mother and father Arrested After Roaches Seen &#8216;Crawling Over&#8217; Child in Infested House<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA pair has been arrested and charged after authorities allegedly discovered a 1-year-old child and an aged man dwelling in \u201cdeplorable\u201d situations inside a roach-and-mold-infested Florida house. Authorities first turned conscious of the state of affairs when a welfare examine was known as on the 81-year-old man dwelling in on the property of Nikolas Anthony Cummings and Tashaye [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Authorities launched an investigation into the matter, during which they performed interviews and reviewed surveillance footage that corroborated the sufferer\u2019s account of occasions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You may have efficiently subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Following the incident, the South Carolina Division of Behavioral Well being and Developmental Disabilities issued an announcement saying it was \u201cconscious of two latest arrests following an allegation of neglect at Coastal Regional Heart,\u201d in line with WCSC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBHDD requested the investigation and is working carefully with the South Carolina Legislation Enforcement Division (SLED),\u201d the assertion continued. \u201cAs a result of that is an energetic case, any requests for data or updates needs to be made on to SLED. As all the time, BHDD takes the protection of people in our care with the utmost seriousness and can proceed to cooperate totally with regulation enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not at the moment clear whether or not Peterson or Myles have entered pleas or retained authorized counsel following their arrests. The South Carolina State Legislation Enforcement Division didn&#8217;t instantly reply to Us\u2019 request for remark concerning the case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/crime-news\/news\/support-facility-workers-left-adult-strapped-to-toilet\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two staff at a help facility in South Carolina have been arrested after they allegedly left a susceptible grownup strapped to a rest room with a leaking feeding tube for greater than an hour with out serving to them. 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