KEY WEST, Fla. – Key West police arrested a 48-year-old man on an elder abuse charge Sunday after they said he seemed “more interested in exploiting” a dementia patient than caring for him.
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According to an arrest report from the Key West Police Department, officers received a call in which the victim could be heard yelling.
Police said they responded to the senior’s home in the 2800 block of Patterson Avenue just after 8:30 a.m.
The report states that when officers arrived, they encountered Glenn Walker Spencer, who said he was arguing with the senior “about his medication,” saying the man should be “Baker Acted due to his mental health and thinks he’s going to die soon if he is not placed in a living facility.”
Police said Spencer provided documentation stating that he was the victim’s caretaker, “which did not appear to be legitimate.”
KWPD Officer JohnAsia Harris wrote in the report that when she went to speak with the victim, she noted the senior was “clearly physically disabled” and “could not stand on his own.”
Harris wrote that the man “had staples on his knee from recently falling and multiple bruises,” “was sitting in his feces” and “urine (had) ran down his leg.”
“Spencer started arguments with (the victim), clearly upsetting him and agitating his condition,” Harris wrote.
The victim told police that Spencer “constantly threatens” to “beat him up” and “kick his a--” if he doesn’t take his medication, according to the report, saying that Spencer “was trying to control his life savings” and said he “does not feel safe in his own home.”
Police said they saw documents indicating the victim has a $1.4 million trust.
“After the course of interviews conducted, it appeared Spencer was more interested in exploiting (the victim) than caring for him,” Harris wrote.
The man’s doctor told police that Spencer has not been bringing him to his appointments and said he shows up at the hospital “in poor health and condition” due to a lack of treatment.
Authorities arrested Spencer and involved the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Records show that Spencer was being held in the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office jail facility on a $200,000 bond as of Tuesday. He’s scheduled to be arraigned May 9.