Brothers arrested for elder abuse
Dixie County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an Old Town, Florida home at the request of local EMS personnel. At the home of Jerry P. Holland and Donald K. Holland deputies and EMS found the Holland brother’s mother lying on the floor partially dressed with numerous sores and bruises. The home smelled of human feces and urine.
A neighbor had come by the home, saw the mother on the floor and called 911. According to news reports Jerry Holland made statements at the scene indicating his mother had been on the floor for five days. Both Holland brothers were arrested and charged with Aggravated Abuse/Neglect of an Elderly Person.
825.102 Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult; penalties.–
(2) "Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult" occurs when a person:
(a) Commits aggravated battery on an elderly person or disabled adult;
(b) Willfully tortures, maliciously punishes, or willfully and unlawfully cages, an elderly person or disabled adult; or
(c) Knowingly or willfully abuses an elderly person or disabled adult and in so doing causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the elderly person or disabled adult.
A person who commits aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.