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| Elderly woman facing elder abuse charges in Onslow County |
By WITN Web Team
SWANSBORO, N.C. (WITN) - An elderly woman from Swansboro is accused in an elder abuse case that landed her in jail the day before Thanksgiving.
Swansboro police charged Donna Martin with abusing the disabled/elderly with injury and resisting a public officer.
Arrest warrants say it happened on Wednesday when the 79-year-old Martin did “confine and restrain that adult in a place and under a condition that was cruel and unsafe.”
A warrant says the man, who has the same last name as Martin, suffered mental injury and that the suspect is his caretaker.
The arresting officer says they were called to the home for a domestic disturbance and was shown video evidence of the abuse.
Records show the elderly man and suspect live at the same home on Ashley Nicole Court.
Martin was charged back in August with false imprisonment. In that case, police say they saw the woman stand behind a vehicle being driven by the same victim, “preventing it from backing out of the garage” while he was trying to leave the home.
The woman was jailed on a $3,500 bond. If released, the woman has been ordered to stay away from the victim and can only return to the home accompanied by police to retrieve personal belongings.
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