Alzheimer’s facility nurse arrested for abuse of patient
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — A worker at an Alzheimer’s facility in Chattanooga has been charged with Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult.
Gary Crownover was a nurse who was giving a 90 year old male a shower.
Another nurse said the man hit Crownover in the face and knocked off his glasses.
The witness told police that Crownover got mad and dumped the man out of a chair.
He then hit and slapped the man several times.
The victim suffered cuts, but was otherwise okay.
The facility suspended Crownover immediately before his arrest.
