MEDICAL WORKER CHARGED WITH ABUSING DISABLED ADULT

Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 20-year-old worker on Wednesday after she was accused of shoving a developmentally disabled adult to the ground. The 51-year-old victim, a client at the Eagle Watch Cluster assisted living facility near Daytona Beach, tumbled to the ground and sustained a fractured shoulder and large contusion on his arm. The injuries went untreated for three days because the worker, Breonna Isaac, failed to report the incident to her bosses and the victim is unable to verbally communicate. On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office charged Isaac with aggravated abuse of a disabled adult.

The injury occurred at the facility on Dec. 15. Isaac initially told a co-worker that the victim had fallen. The co-worker said she told Isaac to report the accident, but she didn’t. Three days later, on Sunday, the victim’s injuries were discovered and he was taken to Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach for treatment. On Monday, a remorseful Isaac confided in a co-worker that she pushed the victim because he had gotten on her nerves. The co-worker reported Isaac’s disclosure to administrators, who immediately launched an internal investigation. They also reported the incident to the Florida Department of Children & Families. On Tuesday, Isaac -- who has been suspended from her job -- delivered a two-page letter to the facility admitting what she did and expressing regret for her actions.

The facility contacted the Sheriff’s Office Wednesday afternoon, and deputies arrested Isaac after interviewing her and two of her co-workers. She was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach at 10 p.m. Wednesday night and has since been released after posting $1,500 bond.