MIAMI – A woman appeared in court on Wednesday after detectives arrested her at an unlicensed post-op-surgery recovery house in Miami.
On Tuesday, Kenia Julissa Reyes-Duron told investigators there were patients in the house at 1170 SW 18 St., in Miami’s The Roads neighborhood, near Brickell, according to the arrest report.
Officers questioned and arrested Reyes-Duron just as she was helping two women to get into a black Toyota sports utility vehicle that was parked outside of the house, police said.
Miami-Dade corrections officers booked Reyes-Duron, 47, shortly after 5:20 p.m., on Tuesday, at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, records show.
Reyes-Duron then appeared in front of Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer on Wednesday during a virtual bond hearing on Zoom.
“You cannot run an ALF or any type of assisted living facility unless you are properly licensed by the state of Florida,” Glazer said in court.
The Miami Police Department’s secret intelligence service unit worked with the Miami-Dade Police Department’s medical crimes unit and the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration on the case.
Investigators interviewed six post-op surgery patients who were in the four-bedroom house and estimated they had been getting treatment at the unlicensed house for 57 nights, according to the arrest report. County records show an 82-year-old woman is the registered owner of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, and her mailing address is the three-bedroom house next door.
Reyes-Duron is facing 57 counts of operating an assisted living facility without a license. Glazer set the bond at $10,000 for two counts and released her on her own recognizance for the other 55 charges.
To help patients who need help recovering after outpatient procedures, the state’s AHCA license database is public and searchable by type, location, and proximity online.
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