Trial date slated in elder abuse case

Published 11:24 am Monday, September 27, 2010

The trial for 20-year-old Ashton Michelle Larson, who faces charges of alleged abuse of residents at Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea, has been scheduled for Nov. 15 through 24 in Rice County.

Jury selection will begin the first day.

Larson faces 17 counts, ranging from fifth-degree assault, criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult, criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult involving sexual contact, disorderly conduct by a caregiver and mandatory failure to report suspected abuse.

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The alleged abuse took place from January through May 2008.

She and co-defendant Brianna Broitzman were charged as adults, while four others were charged as juveniles.

Broitzman, who faces 15 counts, pleaded guilty in August to three counts of disorderly conduct by a caregiver as part of a plea agreement in the case. She is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22.

A pretrial court hearing has been scheduled in Larson’s case for Oct. 14.