The owner of a Jacksonville care facility and an employee have been arrested after investigators said a disabled resident was denied medical attention.
Leathia Bonner, owner of Herlea’s Residential Care Group Home at 3334 Sheridan Road, and staff member Linda Ginn are charged with neglect of a disabled adult, according to the Florida Attorney General’s Office, whose Medicaid Fraud Control Unit led the investigation.
The unit began its investigation after receiving information from the Department of Children and Families about the facility. Bonner, 47, and Ginn, 59, are accused of failing to provide medical attention to a group home resident who was subsequently hospitalized and is recovering, the Attorney General’s Office said.
Bonner and Ginn each face up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines if convicted.