Five people tied to Rapides Parish were arrested as part of a Louisiana Medicaid fraud and abuse sweep involving allegations of false billing, false public records, and abuse of vulnerable people.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced 21 arrests statewide on July 1, according to KALB.
The five Rapides Parish arrests identified by the station are Adrian Lacour Brooks, Analeah Bridges Turlington, Arthur Alexander Bracey, Christopher Zone, and Olivia M. Day.
The charges are allegations. All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Four Arrests Involved Alleged Abuse In Care Settings
Brooks was arrested June 11 on one count of cruelty to the elderly or persons with infirmities. The Attorney General’s Office said Brooks, a former employee at Westside Habilitation Center’s Adams Group Home, forcefully grabbed an elderly and intellectually disabled resident, shoved her into a wall, and caused her to fall.
KALB reported that the incident allegedly happened on or about September 14, 2025. The resident was later determined to have a spinal injury that rendered her quadriplegic, according to the report.
Turlington was arrested June 9 on one count of cruelty to persons with infirmities. Authorities said video footage from January 7 through January 15, 2025, showed her committing multiple acts of physical abuse against a vulnerable resident while working as a caregiver.
Brooks was booked in Rapides Parish on a $500 bond. Turlington was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on a $1,000 bond, according to KALB.
Two St. Mary’s Cases Cited Surveillance Video
Bracey and Zone were both former employees at St. Mary’s Residential Community and Services, a residential facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to KALB.
Bracey was arrested June 19 on two counts of simple battery of persons with infirmities. Authorities said he was accused of dragging a disabled resident across a laminate floor and slinging the resident into a metal door frame.
The Attorney General’s Office said the alleged incidents involving Bracey happened on March 28 and April 6, 2025, and were captured on surveillance cameras inside the home.
Zone was arrested the same day on one count of simple battery of persons with infirmities. Authorities said he was accused of striking a client in the head several times with a hard object during an April 1, 2025, incident that was also captured on surveillance video.
KALB reported that Bracey’s bond was set at $1,000. Zone’s bond was set at $500.
Olivia Day Is Accused Of False Medicaid Timesheets
Day’s case is the Medicaid billing arrest listed among the five Rapides Parish cases highlighted by KALB.
The Attorney General’s Office said Day worked as a direct service worker for Kellie’s Sitting Services between June and July 2022.
Authorities said Day submitted timesheets and was paid for claiming to provide Medicaid services to a recipient that she did not perform. She was arrested June 22 on one count of Medicaid fraud.
Day was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish on a $5,000 bond, according to KALB.
The Arrests Were Part Of A 21-Person Sweep
The statewide operation included allegations of Medicaid fraud, false billing, false public records, and abuse involving vulnerable people in care settings.
WAFB reported that the cases listed by the Attorney General’s Office included direct service workers accused of billing Medicaid for care that was not provided, including during times when recipients were hospitalized, in daycare, incarcerated, or no longer receiving services.
Other cases in the sweep involved allegations of false CPR certification records, false insurance documents, and abuse or battery involving people with infirmities.
The Louisiana Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates Medicaid provider fraud and allegations of abuse or neglect involving vulnerable people in health care facilities, according to WAFB.
Families Should Compare Care Logs With What Actually Happened
Families, guardians, and Medicaid recipients should compare care schedules, sign-in sheets, provider logs, visit notes, transportation records, and appointment calendars with the services actually received.
Claims should be questioned if a caregiver is listed as providing care while the recipient was in a hospital, at school, in daycare, incarcerated, living somewhere else, or with another caregiver.
Signs of possible abuse or neglect should also be documented quickly, including unexplained injuries, sudden fear around a specific worker, changes in behavior, missing incident reports, or a facility refusing to explain what happened.
Anyone who suspects immediate abuse should contact local law enforcement or emergency services. Suspected Medicaid fraud can be reported to the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office or the Louisiana Department of Health, and families should preserve care logs, screenshots, text messages, photos, medical records, names, dates, and any documents showing where the recipient actually was when services were billed.
