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Major problems found at group home after <br />special needs resident allegedly beaten, <br />sexually assaulted <br />.July 09, 2018 4:34 PM in The Investigative Unit <br />Source: WBRZ <br />By: Chris Nakamoto <br />BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Health launched an investigation into <br />a local group home after a Livingston Parish resident was left with a broken nose <br />and urinated on by another resident. The investigation revealed at least 13 <br />deficiencies that needed an immediate correction, according to the 67 -page report <br />the WBRZ Investigative Unit obtained. <br />Caleb Sharp, 22, has a chromosomal anomaly which requires him to depend on <br />adults for care. Sharp was staying in a group home in Ponchatoula when things went <br />wrong this year, according to his mother. <br />"Caleb was lying in his bed, and [another resident] was instructed by another <br />worker to urinate on Caleb while he was lying in his bed," Jessica Mitchell said. <br />Mitchell took Caleb home and immediately called a meeting with administrators. <br />"After that meeting, Caleb came home and lived with me for about a week," Mitchell <br />recalled. "He went back to the group home. When he went back, that's when the <br />horror story began." <br />The horror Mitchell refers to is documented in pictures that show her son beaten <br />and bloodied. <br />"First we called the police," Mitchell said. "A deputy came out and said because of <br />the circumstances he was not able to do anything at that point. He took my <br />husband's statement and left." <br />Mitchell also filed complaints with the State Department of Health, which launched <br />an investigation into the group home and found 13 major problems. The 67 -page <br />report notes the facility failed to protect clients from physical and psychological <br />abuse, neglected to seek medical treatment after the incidents, and found the facility <br />couldn't provide evidence that the abuse was thoroughly investigated. <br />"I gave them my child to take care of, and the opposite happened," Mitchell said. <br />"This needs to stop. They need to be held accountable for what they've done and <br />what they've allowed to happen." <br />http://www.wbrz.com/news/major-problems-found-at-group-home-after-special- <br />needs-resident-allegedly-beaten-sexually-assaulted/ <br />