Former Sunland Employee Arrested for Abuse
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GrGracaceville pla yers sign 1B with Huning ton College Informing more than 17,000 readers daily in print and online 8A Governor wantntss chang es to religious-objections la laww WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 2015 $1.00 Vol. 92 No. 65 Former Sunland employee arrested for abuse Justin Holmes, 20, of Marianna, Holmes “antagonized a wheel- for months after the run-in with allegations of patient abuse, ne- Allegedly threw was arrested Tuesday by Florida chair-bound resident to charge Holmes. glect and exploitation in facili- resident from Attorney General his wheelchair into Holmes,” ac- Court documents fi led by an ties receiving payments under Pam Bondi’s Med- cording to Bondi’s office MFCU investigator say the in- the Medicaid program. wheelchair, breaking icaid Fraud Con- Holmes is said to have reacted cident took place in December The unit also investigates and trol Unit and the to the victim’s wheelchair charge 2014, when Holmes worked as a prosecutes providers that inten- patient’s neck Jackson County by throwing the resident out Human Service Worker II to as- tionally defraud the state’s Med- Sheriff’s Office. of his wheelchair and onto the sist residents with their daily liv- icaid program through fraudu- BY ANGIE COOK Formerly em- fl oor. ing needs. lent billing practices. acook@jcfloridan.com Holmes ployed at Sunland, The altercation resulted in the If convicted of the fi rst-degree Holmes was booked at the a state facility resident sustaining a cut to the felony, Holmes could face up Jackson County Correctional Fa- A Jackson County man is that cares for developmentally forehead that required stitches to 30 years in prison and up to cility and at his fi rst appearance charged with abusing a develop- disabled patients, Holmes is and two broken neck bones. $10,000 in fi nes. The State Attor- in court Tuesday, was granted mentally disabled patient while charged with one count of aggra- The resident was treated at ney’s Office for the 14th Judicial conditional release and ordered working at Sunland Center in vated abuse of a disabled adult. Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Circuit will prosecute the case. to have no contact with the Marianna. While employed at Sunland, and had to wear a halo brace The MFCU investigates victim. RIBBRIBBONON CUTTING SUBMITTED PHOTO Jamie Coleman, 18, of Altha, with a 4.5-pound shoal bass caught on St. Patrick’s Day. 2 Panhandle teens fi sh record shoal bass from Chipola River and 14 inches around the Altha, Chipley middle. Verifi ed by FWC biolo- anglers tie for gists Scott Bisping and Andy Strickland, Cole- state’s top catch man’s bass, which he released, was the third BY ANGIE COOK state-record shoal bass Suiting up for fi tness acook@jcfloridan.com caught in Florida since December 2014. Martin BY KRISTIE CLOUD renovation, in which the A week after the state and Coleman now share kcloud@jcflordian.com pool was re-plastered record for shoal bass was the state record, because and outfitted with a new broken by a teenage an- Martin’s catch was only uesday morning fi ltration system and gler from Chipley, an Al- 0.01 pounds heavier than Jackson Hospital, pump and the old therapy tha teen caught another the previous record. Tin cooperation department was reno- record-breaking fi sh Coleman, whose fond- with the Jackson County vated and turned into a — both from the Chipola ness for fi shing and the Chamber of Commerce, fi tness center, patients River. Chipola grew from an- hosted a ribbon cutting are once more benefiting As we reported earlier, gling with his dad, had ceremony at the newly from exercise and aquatic PHOTOS BY KRISTIE CLOUD / FLORIDAN 17-year-old Tucker Mar- his eye on that state re- renovated Chipola Fitness therapy in the 90 degree TOP: Jackson Hospital CEO, Larry Meese, and Chipola tin of Chipley set a new cord when he landed his Aquatics Center in Mari- water of the heated pool. Fitness Director Lee Windsor, cut the ribbon at a ceremony state record on March 8 record bass fi shing with anna. The center, which Sporting a pink swim- Tuesday morning at the aquatic center’s location on U.S. 90 while he and a friend were a 2.5-inch, green topwa- now houses a heated suit and with lipstick to in Marianna. ABOVE: A class focusing on range of motion, bank-fishing the Chipola ter lure. Stickland said pool, a fi tness area under match, Doris Carpenter led by Patsy Perry, meets Tuesday morning at the Jackson River in Jackson County. Coleman’s catch was a the direction of physical participated in an Arthrit- Hospital Chipola Fitness Aquatics Center in Marianna. Casting spinner bait up prespawn bass and that therapist Nick Kolmetz ic Aquatic Aerobics class According to center center are not accessible under a bridge, instead of shoal typically bed on the and Patient Financial Ser- Tuesday morning, led by director Lee Windsor, to the public. Primary landing a spotted or large- river from April to May. vices under the direction Aquatics Center volunteer aquatic therapy relieves care physicians and spe- mouth bass, Martin land- Largemouth, the most of Sharon Dilmore, was Patsy Perry. Carpenter the stress and weight cialists in the area refer ed a 4-pound, 8-ounce common and largest of donated to Jackson Hos- and others are benefiting placed on knees and patients they believe will (4.49 pounds) shoal bass the black basses in the pital by retired primary from classes like these, hips and allows arthritis benefit from the therapy that was 20 inches long state, are found through- care physician Dr. Robert sponsored by the Arthritis suffers a greater range of provided by the center to and 14 inches around the out Florida, but shoal, Hoff in 2014. Foundation, at the newly motion as they exercise. Kolmetz, who takes their middle. Choctaw, spotted and After a massive renovated pool. The pool and fi tness plan of care from there. The catch was veri- Suwannee black basses fi ed when Martin and his are all found in northwest grandfather met Florida Florida rivers. FWC is pro- Fish and Wildlife Con- posing new rules to help servation Commission sustain the populations regional biologist Chris of northwestern Florida ‘Shake and bake’ meth lab discovered Paxton, who weighed it on black basses, since they Alford woman facing bance on Elizabeth Lane tempted manufacture investigators with the certified scales. The bass don’t grow as big as large- in Alford. of methamphetamine: Jackson County Drug Task beat the previous record mouth and have limited multiple drug charges On arrival, used hypodermic nee- Force responded to dis- by almost 6 ounces. ranges. If passed, the deputies dles; butane fuel; char- mantle the clandestine lab. But Martin’s new record rules would go into effect BY ANGIE COOK made con- coal lighter fl uid; several Cutchins was arrested would be challenged just next summer. Visit bit.ly/ acook@jcfl oridan.com tact with plastic bottles containing and taken to the Jackson days later — by another BassRules to learn about 40-year- “bi-layer” liquids; coffee County Correctional Fa- teenage angler fi shing the the proposed changed An Alford woman is fac- old Aurora fi lters; and disassembled cility to await her fi rst ap- same river. and add your comment. ing multiple charges af- Deotona “Instant Cold Packs.” The pearance in court on the In the“FloridaFishBust- Feel like going after the ter law enforcement fi nd Cutchins Cutchins items, officials say, were charges of possession of ers’ Bulletin,” Bob Wat- shoal record now held what officers are calling a and, while in Cutchins’ bedroom, in a controlled substance tendorf reports that on St. by Martin and Coleman? “shake and bake” meth- attempting to contact plain view. (methamphetamine), Patrick’s Day, nine days The Chipola River is the amphetamine lab. with the other party in- After the “shake and manufacture of metham- later, 18-year-old Jamie place to try your hand, The Jackson County volved in the disturbance, bake” method meth- phetamine and possession Coleman of Altha caught and license-free freshwa- Sheriff’s Office reports saw several pieces of drug amphetamine lab was of drug paraphernalia. On a 4.5-pound shoal bass. ter fi shing days are just that on Monday deputies paraphernalia and items located, the residence Tuesday, Cutchins’ bond Like Martin’s, Coleman’s responded to a distur- consistent with the a was evacuated and was set at $17,500. fi sh was 20 inches long See FISH, Page 7A This Newspaper » CLASSIFIEDS...8B » ENTERTAINMENT...7B » LOCAL...3A»OBITUARIES...9A » SPORTS...1B Is Printed On Recycled Newsprint 2A ◆ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 WAKE-UP CALL JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com WEATHER OUTLOOK High: 82 Low: 58 High: 82 AM Fog. Partly Cloudy and Low: 58 High: 83 Today Warm. Isolated PM Storms. 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