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COMES JUST ONE DAY AFTER THE CIVIL TRIAL BEGAN.
AND AUTHORITIES IN CARSON RAIDED MULTIPLE UNLICENSED HOME CARE FACILITIES EARLY THIS MORNING. 2 PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED AND SEVERAL ELDERLY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED. KTLA SHE CAN LIVE IN CARSON WITH MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. JEANNE.
>> HI LAUREN AND KAREEN TO BOTH OF YOU AND NEIGHBORS TELL ME THIS IS A HEARTBREAKING STORY WITH A TWIST THAT CARSON COUPLE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. DETECTIVES SAY THEY WERE OPERATING AN ABUSIVE ELDER CARE FACILITY, INCLUDING AT THIS HOUSE AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND CARSON APPARENTLY WITH NO LICENSE WHILE COMMITTING FRAUD. NEIGHBORS CALL IT THE HOUSE OF HORRORS. THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WE WOULD HEAR LIKE IT'S JUST YELLING COMING FROM THE HOUSE SAYING LIKE.
>> I'M SCREAMING HERE BECAUSE NOBODY CARES. SYLVIA CRUZ SAYS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NORMALLY QUIET AND THAT MANY OLDER PEOPLE LIVE HERE. JUST KIND OF CRAZY TO KNOW THAT TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS ELDERLY BEING MOST CHEATED OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS ENTIRE GREW UP HERE. THERE'S IT'S JUST ELDERLY. MY GRANDPA HE'S IN HOSPICE ARE NOW AND WE'RE MAKING SURE HE GETS THE BEST CARE.
CARSON SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY FEBRUARY 24TH, THEY GOT A CALL RESPONDED TO THIS HOUSE AT THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST 200 34TH PLACE IN CARSON. INSIDE THEY FOUND 7 ELDERLY PATIENTS MALNOURISHED AND NEGLECTED. AT LEAST 11 VICTIMS TOTAL RESCUED, 3 JUST THIS MORNING TAKEN TO FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN NOW RECEIVE PROPER CARE.
THIS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR REMAINED ANONYMOUS. SHE OFTEN SAYS SHE SAW THE COUPLE AND HOW THEY ALLEGEDLY TREAT THE ELDERLY. LOCK HIM IN THE FRONT WOULD HAVE A CHAIN ON IT WITH THE LOCK.
>> I DON'T KNOW IT WAS YOU HEAR SCREAMS COMING FROM THE HOUSE. PEOPLE WOULD ASK FOR CALL 911 CAN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AROUND 06:00AM DETECTIVES SERVED WARRANTS AT MULTIPLE HOMES ACROSS CARSON. A TEAM EFFORT BY LA COUNTY FIRE THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 72, YEAR-OLD ALICIA HOG AN 80 YEAR-OLD GARY HOGS WERE ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ELDER ABUSE AND FRAUD. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FACILITIES WERE NOT LICENSED.
WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL KNOWING THAT.
>> THOSE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND THERE ARE THESE MAJOR ALLEGATIONS. I'M GLAD THOSE PEOPLE ARRESTED, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT FAIR YOU KNOW YOU GET OLDER AND YOU KNOW YOU TRUST YOUR LIFE WITH SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND THEN THEY JUST ENDED THEIR LIKE.
>> YEAH, WHATEVER.
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY ARE STILL IN SHOCK AND ONCE AGAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THAT THOSE ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE NOW IN MUCH BETTER CARE MUCH BETTER HANDS SO HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL BE MUCH BETTER FOR THEM AT THIS POINT AS OF RIGHT NOW NEIGHBORS ALSO TELL ME THEY ARE GLAD THOSE.