By WSAZ News Staff | Posted: Thu 4:23 PM, Dec 19, 2019 | Updated: Thu 4:31 PM, Dec 19, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A man from Charleston faces charges in connection with the alleged abuse of an 86-year-old man in a nursing home.
Michael Hancock, 48, of Charleston, is charged with being a caregiver of an incapacitated adult who intentionally and maliciously abuses or neglects an incapacitated adult and caused the incapacitated adult bodily injury. That’s according to a Kanawha County criminal complaint.
The complaint states that the victim, a resident at a nursing home in Marmet, suffered injuries to his hands. The incident allegedly happened in late November.