Woman Charged With Abusing Disabled Elderly Roommate

August 19, 2014

A Cantonment woman has been charged with abusing her disabled elderly roommate.

The roommate told Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies that Kelly Colleen Lister has been drinking all day and broke several things inside their house before hitting her in the face. The victim told deputies she is mentally disabled and cannot move without the aid of a walker or wheelchair. She said Lister had knocked her off a couch.

An independent witness at the home confirmed the alleged abuse to deputies, according to an arrest report, and the victim had obvious physical injuries.

When deputies ordered Lister to stand up from a couch, she instead grabbed a bottle of liquor and began to drink it, and she pulled away from deputies trying to place her under arrest, the ECSO report states.

Lister, 49, was charged with abuse of a disabled elderly person without great bodily harm and resisting arrest without violence.

Comments

3 Responses to “Woman Charged With Abusing Disabled Elderly Roommate”

  1. miranda on August 19th, 2014 3:57 pm

    U don’t be mean to elderly people mentally challanged people children r animals thats the bottom line.drug addict r not i no she was raised better.

  2. rasbone on August 19th, 2014 11:04 am

    What a shame.Even if she was provoked there is no excuse for hitting or pushing a disable person.If your disable its good to have a couple friends named Smith & Wesson.

  3. Sad on August 19th, 2014 9:43 am

    I wonder if the elderly woman can file a restraining order to get her out of the home faster. This is so pathetic.

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