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Cantonment Woman Charged With Elder Abuse For Leaving Man, 70, On The Floor For Two Days
December 15, 2022
A Cantonment woman is accused of leaving a helpless elderly man on the floor with no food or water for two days.
Niquita Lashon Potter, 36, was charged with abuse of an elderly or disabled adult without great bodily harm.
The 70-year old victim was found on the floor of his home after a concerned man went to his home after he did not attend church on Sunday. Deputies determined that the victim had accidently fallen out of his mechanical chair after pressing the wrong button last Friday.
Potter, who lives in the same home, saw that man had fallen and told him to “get up”, according to an arrest report. She then walked away despite his pleas for help.
The victim told deputies that he had been on the floor from Friday to Sunday without food or water, even though Potter was at the home.
Potter remained in the Escambia County Jail Thursday morning with bond set at $200,000.
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14 Responses to “Cantonment Woman Charged With Elder Abuse For Leaving Man, 70, On The Floor For Two Days”
The smug look on her face makes me wanna slap it off. Thank God the man had a strong bond with his church and that someone checked on him and saved his life. Also glad she got a high bond and hopefully gets her due punishment.
Thankful that his church family checked on him.
If only we could tie her up and leave her on the floor with no food or water for a couple of days.
If you look up rhabdomyolysis in elderly fall victims, you’ll see that this could, and still, be a life-threatening situation. Pretty cruel response from this person. At the very least, she could have called someone to help her get him back up. The article didn’t say if the elderly man was taken to the hospital for assessment- as he certainly should have been, since it can take up to 2 days for the rhabdomyolysis signs to show up.
Another outstanding citizen! She looks defiant and sure of herself. Instead of getting a job and moving out, she was trying to kill him.
This person has no feelings or heart. God will deal with her later
The poster child for a vile human being.
A call to the fire department to assist the man back into his wheelchair is the decent human response. This individual should be removed and never return to the house.
She is one disgusting individual for not getting that poor man help…if that is what she did.
This has got me to my boiling point. This man has probably taken care of this scum bag all of her life and this is how she treats him now, I can promise you that this isn’t the first time that this has happened, this is pure disturbing, the elderly needs help and this is how they are repayed. I hope she sits in jail for a very long time and then prison after that. No one deserves to be treated like this at all. Between the elderly and our children they have no chance in this world and that’s terribly sad.
Now we see a bond that is appropriate for the crime!!!! A helpless person in this much danger im sure was close to dying soon !!!! Because of negligence and the will of GOD he’s still with us !!!
So, she was home the entire time? Stepping over or around the man? You know what, lady-one day you will need care and assistance. May karma pay you a visit one fine day when you’re in need.
The Bible says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you also” & “you reap what you sow”.
Guess what Niquita? Yep!
48 hours plus, NO FOOD OR WATER!!!
THATS ATTEMPTED MURDER!!!!