Nursing home owner who left 800 in fetid warehouse during hurricane jailed

Bob Dean allegedly did not leave enough food or medicines with residents, resulting in the death of five

A Louisiana nursing home owner who sent more than 800 elderly residents to endure Hurricane Ida in a ramshackle warehouse was charged on Wednesday with neglect and other crimes.

Bob Dean, 68, surrendered to the Louisiana attorney general's office and was jailed on eight counts of cruelty to infirmed people, five counts of healthcare fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice. A statement from Louisiana's attorney general, Jeff Landry, alleged that Dean had billed the federal Medicaid program for dates his residents were not receiving care, refused to move residents out of the warehouse and engaged in conduct intended to intimate or obstruct public health officials and law enforcement".