FORMER CAREGIVER INDICTED, CHARGED IN VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE CASE

FORMER CAREGIVER INDICTED, CHARGED IN VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE CASE

MEMPHIS – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division has resulted in the arrest of a Memphis man on a charge of abusing a vulnerable adult in his care.

TBI began its investigation into Denzel Triggs (DOB: 1/19/93) in February, after receiving information from the Tennessee Department of Human Services Adult Protective Services and the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  During the investigation, agents determined Triggs, while working as a caregiver, assaulted an intellectually delayed, vulnerable adult at a residence in the 6500 block of Bald Oak Drive in Memphis.

On October 12th, the Shelby County Grand Jury returned an indictment, charging Triggs with one count of Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult.  Today, Triggs was arrested and booked into the Shelby County Jail on $20,000 bond.