LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing a guilty plea entered by Gabriel Fortenberry, 27, of Jonesboro on one count of abuse of an endangered or impaired person:
“My office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a guilty plea by a former caregiver at the Jonesboro Human Development Center. Using force and injuring those under your care is intolerable and despicable behavior.
“I congratulate Special Agent Laura Glover and Assistant Attorney General Gabby Davis-Jones for their work to secure this conviction. I also thank the office of Second Judicial District Prosecutor Sonia Fonticella for its assistance in this case.”
Fortenberry pleaded guilty to the class D felony on Sept. 9. While employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Jonesboro HDC, Fortenberry pushed a client, causing him to fall and cut his forehead. He was sentenced to five years of probation, a $1,000 fine, and anger management training. He was also terminated from the Jonesboro HDC.
