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Fired Dunedin nursing home employee arrested for hitting 2 residents in his care: Deputies

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Published  January 7, 2025 8:59pm EST
St. Petersburg
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • Dunedin nursing home employee, Nicholas Brown, was fired and arrested after hitting two residents in his care. 
    • Brown was a certified nursing assistant at the facility. 
    • Another employee saw the suspect hitting both residents who have disabilities and are considered non-verbal. 

DUNEDIN, Fla. - A Dunedin nursing home employee is out of a job after he was arrested for hitting two residents with disabilities that were in his care, according to deputies. 

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Nicholas Brown, 35, who was a certified nursing assistant, is accused of hitting two men who are residents at the Lake Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility off of San Christopher Drive. 

According to deputies, one of the victims suffers from a traumatic brain injury and the other is a quadriplegic with intellectual disabilities – both are considered non-verbal. 

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Detectives began investigating the incident, which happened on December 23, 2024, after another employee saw what happened. The employee told detectives that Brown slapped the victims multiple times on the legs and side. He also slapped them with force on the buttocks, according to deputies. 

Booking photo for Nicholas Brown. Courtesy: Pinellas County Jail. 

Both of the victims were evaluated and treated at the facility for non-life-threatening injuries after the incident, PCSO said. 

Brown was arrested more than two weeks later on Tuesday and taken to the Pinellas County Jail. He faces two counts of abuse or neglect of an aged or disabled person, according to deputies. 

Authorities said he was also fired from his job at the Lake Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility. 

Anyone with information about this case or may know of more victims is asked to call Corporal Antonio with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office at (727) 582-6722. 

The Source: The information in this story was released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. 

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