Louisiana Nursing Home Owner Arrested on Cruelty, Fraud, Felony Charges Following Resident Deaths

This image provided by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office shows Bob Glynn Dean Jr. The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has been arrested. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says 68-year-old Bob Glynn Dean Jr. faces multiple counts of cruelty to persons with infirmities, Medicaid fraud, and obstruction of justice. Dean's lawyer said Dean surrendered to authorities in Tangipahoa Parish on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 and was to be released on $350,000 bond. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office via AP

The owner of seven nursing homes in Louisiana has been arrested on state fraud and cruelty charges after evacuating over 800 elderly residents to a squalid warehouse prior to Hurricane Ida last year, where seven residents eventually died.

Bob Glynn Dean Jr., 68, of Thomaston, Georgia, has been charged in Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish with “eight felony counts of Cruelty to Persons with Infirmities, five felony counts of Medicaid Fraud, and two felony counts of Obstruction of Justice,” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said in a statement on Wednesday.