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Florida man used 87-year-old woman 'as a mop' to clean up dog urine, arrest report says

by WEAR Staff


Leonard Ervin Wayne Tucker was charged with elder abuse, Jan. 5, 2023. (Escambia County Jail)

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — An ex-felon who was also a family friend is accused of dragging an 87-year-old woman across the floor and using her "as a mop" to clean up dog urine, according to his arrest report.

Leonard Ervin Wayne Tucker, 56, was arrested in Florida last Thursday, Jan. 5, and charged with elderly abuse.

According to the arrest report, the incident was captured on video.

It took place on Nov. 20, 2022.

The report said Tucker had been living with the woman as her paid caregiver since 2018. It adds, he had been a family friend since the 1990s.

Tucker previously spent 11 years in state prison from 2005 to 2016 on a homicide-manslaughter charge in Santa Rosa County, in the Panhandle. The charge reportedly stemmed from a house fire in Navarre in 2004 that left another man dead.

According to this arrest report, Tucker returned home from the grocery store and became angry with the woman. First, the video showed him slap her in the face.

The report went on to state the video showed the woman cleaning the floor with paper towels before Tucker grabbed her arm, pulled her to the floor, and spun her body around.

The report read, he "held her by her ankles while he pushed her body back and forth over the spot on the floor. Tucker then drag her by her ankles around the living room before releasing her and walking back into the kitchen.

The woman's shirt was wet following the incident, according to the report.

The report states family immediately removed her from the home. Video from 10 days later showed bruising on the woman's arms and buttocks.

The report also said family members told deputies they didn't know about any previous incidents between Tucker and the woman.

Jail records show Tucker was released from the Escambia County Jail on Monday on an unspecified bond.

He's scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 27.

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