by LaNia Coleman
The Bay City Times
June 25, 2009
Authorities claim an 84-year-old woman had to have her foot amputated because her 54-year-old son neglected her.
District Judge Stephen P. Carras has arraigned Jonathan P. Nelson of Midland on one count of first-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult.
The victim was taken to the emergency room at MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland on May 12 where staff reported she had a fractured ankle, open wounds on one foot and dried feces on various parts of her body, earlier reports indicated.
Nelson remained jailed on $250,000 cash bond. He is awaiting a Wednesday, July 1, preliminary hearing.
At that time, a judge will decide whether sufficient evidence exists for Nelson to face charges in Circuit Court.
First-degree elder abuse is a felony that carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence.
Nelson is 16 months in to a five-year probation sentence for domestic violence, third offense, and attempted resisting and obstructing a police officer, state Department of Corrections records show.
He pleaded no contest to the charges in Midland County.
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