FDLE says Fierle faces 1 count of abuse of an elderly person, 1 count of neglect of an elderly person |
| Rebecca Fierle Arrest Video |
Fierle was arrested on Monday.
She is facing charges of abuse and neglect of an elderly person.
The video shows Fierle discuss bond options with the officer before she is handcuffed and placed in the patrol car.
Fierle posted bail on Tuesday morning.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Fierle was
arrested and is facing one count of abuse of an elderly person and one
count of neglect of an elderly person in regards to the case of
74-year-old Steven Stryker.
The Office of Statewide Prosecution is prosecuting the case, according to FDLE.
She is accused of placing do not resuscitate orders on clients who did not want them.
She's admitted to doing so in court.
A
state investigation reveals one of her clients may have died as a
result. According to a statement from the FDLE, the investigation began
after a complaint to the Office of Public and Professional Guardians
about Stryker’s death, he was under the guardianship of Fierle.
FDLE said the investigation shows Stryker did not want a do not resuscitate order and stated several times he wanted to live.
The
investigation shows the elderly man did not want a do not resuscitate
order (DNR) and stated several times that he wanted to live.”
Medical
professionals who examined him believed he was capable of making
end-of-life medical decisions for himself and informed Fierle-Santoian
that her client had a strong desire to live and that he understood his
condition. Despite the wishes of the elderly man and those of his family
and friends, Fierle-Santoian ordered his doctors not perform any
life-prolonging medical procedures saying she preferred “quality of life
versus quantity of life.”
In addition to the DNR,
Fierle-Santoian insisted the victim’s feeding tube be capped ignoring
doctors who told her this would likely cause his death. The man also
requested that he continue receiving nutrition through the feeding tube.
Contrary to the advice of medical professionals, Fierle-Santoian
obtained an order to cap the feeding tube which was capped on May 9,
2019. The man died on May 13, 2019 at a Tampa hospital.
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