Updated: December 20, 2017


A FLORENCE MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS HE ABUSED AN ELDERLY PATIENT AT A NURSING FACILITY.  ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, 21 YEAR OLD ZACHARIAH LEE REEVES HAS BEEN INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE SODOMY, ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE SODOMY, AND SECOND DEGREE ELDER ABUSE.  REEVES IS ACCUSED SEXUALLY ATTACKING A 68 YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT AT MITCHELL HOLLINGSWORTH NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER WHILE WORKING AT THE FACILITY AS A NURSING ASSISTANT. LEE HAS SINCE BEEN TERMINATED FROM HIS POSITION AND IS BEING HELD IN THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON 30,000 DOLLARS CASH ONLY BOND.  HE WILL APPEAR IN COURT ON JANUARY 29TH.