Drugged caretaker sleeps while man with Down syndrome dies in hot van
Manslaughter
Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies arrested a former employee at an assisted living facility on Friday, saying he ingested an unregulated drug called kratom and fell asleep while a disabled man in the backseat of the company minivan died in the heat. Russell had taken John LaPointe, 35, to a doctor’s appointment on May 9 from …