On June 15, Ronald Ingram of Moore, Oklahoma, pled guilty before Oklahoma County District Judge Heather Coyle and was placed on a deferred sentence probation for three years under the supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. As a condition of his probation, Ingram was ordered to serve 10 consecutive weekends in the Oklahoma County Jail, surrender his nurse aide certification, hold no employment involving care of elderly or vulnerable adults while on probation, and pay $940.00 towards the cost of the investigation to the Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, $300.00 to the Victim Compensation Fund and the costs of the action.
The Oklahoma Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigation began after a referral was received from the Oklahoma City Police Department regarding the report of potential abuse by caretaker at Reliant Living Center in Oklahoma City. During the investigation, MFCU agents obtained witness statements and other evidence confirming Ronald Ingram had grabbed a resident who was sitting on the floor in a cafeteria area, dragged the resident by his hoodie across the cafeteria, and dropped him on the other side of the room. The witness statements and other evidence confirmed that, after releasing the resident, Ingram returned twice to confront the resident by yelling and making physical gestures at the resident.
