by Anisa Snipes
Mishanna Ortega D'Wan Armour
SPARTANBURG, SC (FOX Carolina) - The Charles Lea Center released a statement on the caretaker who was charged for allegedly abusing a vulnerable adult.
Chief Executive Officer of Charles Lea Center Jerry Bernard said in a statement:
“The well-being of the men and women who receive services at the Charles Lea Center is, and always will be, our number one priority. We hold all staff to exceptionally high standards and have a zero-tolerance policy for abuse. Such behavior does not reflect the level of care and compassion the Charles Lea Center has been committed to providing for more than 50 years. Charles Lea Center policy specifically prohibits any abuse, neglect, exploitation or any form of mistreatment of the people we support and will not permit the continued employment of anyone who violates this policy."
Earlier today, the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office announced the charges.
A witness said she said a police report a client with special needs asked Mishanna Ortega D'Wan Armour, a caretaker at the Charles Lea Center, for her prescribed medicine several times. Armour said that she would get it in a minute. The client asked again and stated she would call the house manager if Armour didn't get her medicine, according to the witness.
The police report then says the witness saw Armour standing with her hand's up in a fighting stance. The client then walked to Armour and Armour hit the client a minimum of three times in the head.
The witness said she broke up the fight and Armour stormed out of the facility. A facility nurse checked on the client and stated that they began to have a seizure.
Armour has been charged with abuse or neglect with great bodily injury of a vulnerable adult and second degree assault and battery.
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