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Pinellas Group Home Worker Charged With Beating Disabled Man
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Published: July 15, 2008
Pinellas County deputies arrested a man Monday who works at a group home for disabled adults, saying he kicked and beat a resident for not wiping up a table after dinner.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said John Lowden, 36, kicked a 42-year-old mentally disabled man in the groin several times and slammed his head on a counter about 5 p.m. Sunday because the man refused to wipe off a table.
Lowden taunted the man while beating him and ignored pleas from another staff member to stop, according to the sheriff's office.
The man was treated by the medical staff of the group home in Palm Harbor, and supervisors reported the incident to the state Department of Children & Families.
The agency asked for assistance from the sheriff's office, and deputies arrested Lowden at his Pinellas Park home. He faces a felony charge of abuse of a disabled adult.
Lowden denied any wrongdoing, the sheriff's office said.
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