AP
April 1, 2010
LOS ANGELES
A man accused of abusing patients at a pricey Calabasas retirement home jumped on a 78-year-old woman's chest and body-slammed her and encouraged wheelchair-confined residents to fight, jurors were told.
"He attacked the most vulnerable people you can possibly find," Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Robin Allen said during trial this week for Cesar Ulloa. "He hit them and he laughed. This was sport."
Ulloa, 21, of the San Fernando Valley community of Reseda, is charged with seven counts of elder abuse and a count of torture. He faces life in prison if convicted.
Prosecution witnesses said Ulloa attacked patients at the Silverado Senior Living facility who were unable to tell anyone about the abuse because they suffered from dementia or other conditions.
Adelina Campos testified that while working at the home, she saw Ulloa leap from a dresser onto a male patient, landing with both knees on his belly.
"I was just in shock," Campos said.
A former caregiver, Luz Alvarez, said she saw Ulloa punch a combative man in the stomach, laugh and ask the wheelchair-confined man: "Haven't you had enough?"
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press.
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