Griffin: ‘Those who depend on caregivers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and my office will pursue those who abuse our vulnerable population’
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of a Gurdon man for abuse of a vulnerable person:
“On July 13, Sam Bell, 22, of Gurdon, was arrested on one count of Abuse of an Adult-Endangered or Impaired Person-Physical Injury, a Class D felony. While working as a CNA at the Arkadelphia Human Development Center, Bell (allegedly) repeatedly struck a resident in the head after the resident struck him, causing injury to the resident.
“Those who depend on caregivers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and my office will pursue those who abuse our vulnerable population. I want to applaud the exceptional work done on this case by Special Agent Matthew Edwards of my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). I am also grateful for the assistance of Ninth Judicial District East Prosecutor Dan Turner in this case.”
The Arkansas MFCU receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant totaling $4,781,516 for the Federal fiscal year 2026, of which $3,586,140 is federally funded. The remaining 25%, totaling $1,195,376 for the State fiscal year 2026, is funded by Arkansas General Revenue.