Charged with Elder Abuse of His Mother

David Ribarchik, 47, of Flint Township, has been charged with one count of first degree vulnerable adult abuse. It's a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

His mother is the purported victim.

Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell says paramedics got a call Monday afternoon about a 75-year-old woman who had fallen from a chair. Pickell says his investigators later determined she had actually been lying on the floor since about 4:00 Saturday morning.

Before she fell out of the chair, Pickell says she virtually lived in it.

"We learned from the investigation the victim had been sleeping in the chair by the door for at least two months. That's the chair she fell out of. Because the house was so cluttered she couldn't walk," Pickell said.

She is now in the hospital. Sores on her body being treated. Pickell describes her physical condition as "not good."

Pickell says he had been under her son's care for at least one year.

The judge today ordered he have no contact with his mother and Pickell says an emergency guardian and conservator was appointed to manage her care and finances.

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