(CNN)Last year,evacuated residents to a warehouse when an extratropical cyclone approachedLouisiana Owners of All Seven Nursing Homes Officials said they were charged with serious charges after seven residents died in a temporary shelter.
Five of the seven deaths in the warehouse shelter were thought to be related to the storm, state health officials said. A total of more than 800 residents were taken to the facility before the storm.
In a joint investigation by the Justice Secretary's Medicaid Fraud Management Unit (MFCU) and the Louisiana State Investigative Service (LBI), Dean refused to move residents out of the warehouse following an extratropical cyclone. It became clear. Residents did not receive proper care and were engaged in acts aimed at intimidating or interfering with public health authorities and law enforcement agencies, "he said.
Dean's lawyer, John McLindon, told CNN on Wednesday that he plans to plead guilty to all the charges Dean faces, and Dean's mental health affects the case. Said to give.
"I don't think it's a secret that Bob's mental health matters in this case," McLindon said. "Bob apparently has some cognitive impairment and did so on the day of this incident."
McLindon, Laundry informed him of Dean's arrest warrant on Monday and his client. Said he flew from Georgia to surrender himself. He appeared in the first court in Louisiana on Wednesday and was released on $ 350,000 in public debt, McLindon said.
McLindon called the accusation "very defensive," and said "the evidence will eventually be substantiated."
Residents are kept in a "dangerous, unsanitary, unhealthy" state, officials said. He was taken to a 57-mile independent warehouse. Baton Rouge, before the extratropical cyclone landed on August 29.
The State Health Department said it soon began to hear that the warehouse was in poor condition.
"Clarify. Residents have this. There is no emergency preparedness plan that would allow us to be in such a dangerous, unsanitary and unhealthy state, "said Stephen Russo, Head of Legal, Audit and Regulatory, last year at the Department of Health. .. "The lack of proper care for these residents is inhumane and violates rules, regulations and applicable laws."
The seven facilities involved have been revoked and their licenses have been revoked. Residents cannot be repatriated or deported, officials at the time said. The house has also terminated their Medicaid provider agreement, the Department of Health said.
An investigation into the Attorney General's office is underway and additional proceedings may be filed in the future, Wednesday's announcement said.
Dean's next court day has not been set, but McLindon said it is likely to happen within the next 60 days.
