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Published on: August 19, 2025

Hospital Visit Uncovers Elder Neglect Allegations

A Florida woman was arrested for elder abuse after she took her father to the hospital, where he was found to be covered in human waste and maggots.

At the end of July, a woman in Pensacola, Florida, reported that her father’s heart rate was dangerously high and asked for help getting him to the hospital. When paramedics arrived, they found the man in poor condition. According to the arrest report, he appeared frail and malnourished and had sores and soiled clothing. Medical staff later noted a wound on his right hip, about the size of a softball, with infection and tissue damage. They also reported finding maggots and waste in the wound. Additionally, he was diagnosed with diabetes and heart failure.

The authorities reported that the man was unable to move on his own and had not seen a doctor since January. Police said he was still able to communicate and appeared aware of why he was in the hospital, and he told them he had been in a recliner for several months. His daughter reportedly told investigators she had been her father’s caregiver and that she had not moved him from the chair since June due to transportation issues. She said she had tried to get him to the hospital in April but was unable to complete the trip.

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Published on: February 25, 2020

Drunk Man Stole Motorcycle to Celebrate His Sobriety

by Staycie R. Sena

The authorities have alleged that a man chose to commemorate his many months of sobriety by binging on alcohol and attempting to steal a motorcycle from a dealership lot.

Last Tuesday afternoon, a patron of Kelly’s Kawasaki in Mesa, Arizona flagged down an employee and reported that they spotted someone they believed was trying to remove a motorcycle from the business without paying for it.

The worker called the Mesa Police Department and officers were sent to the location.

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Published on: March 9, 2019

Faux Nun On the Run Caught With $90,000 of Fentanyl

by Staycie R. Sena

A woman wearing clothing that gave the authorities the impression that she was a nun was apprehended for allegedly carrying several pounds of fentanyl.

On March 4, 53-year-old Esther Gomez De Aguilar and her husband were driving in an area approximately an hour outside of Tucson, AZ, when an on-duty deputy performed a traffic stop due to an alleged traffic violation.

When the deputy and his K-9 arrived at the vehicle he noted that Gomez De Aguilar was in the passenger seat wearing a long, black dress with a veil affixed to her head, and a bible in her lap.

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Published on: July 31, 2018

Man that was Too Hot to Walk Home Steals Ambulance

by Staycie R. Sena

An Arizona resident who was exiting the hospital after receiving help for health problems relating to the extreme heat outside allegedly stole an ambulance so that he would not have to walk home in the high temperature.

When 37-year-old Todd Shell, a former basketball player for Arizona State University, became ill from the recorded 115-degree weather on Tuesday he went to the hospital for treatment.

After he was stabilized Shell left the hospital and went back into the hot weather but as he did not have a vehicle he realized that he would have to walk home. He allegedly spotted an ambulance that had recently made a drop off at the emergency room. It was still running but no one was inside of it.

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