PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - A woman is facing multiple charges after the Attorney General says she kept her sister in a “wooden cage with only a dirty mattress and little-to-no medical care.”
AG Josh Shapiro says 51-year-old Leona Biser of Vestaburg, Washington County was charged with neglect of a care dependent person, abuse of a care dependent person, recklessly endangering another person, unlawful restraint, and false imprisonment after agents with the attorney general’s office found 53-year-old Loretta Lancaster in the wood cage in the home’s living room.
“This defendant professed to be caring for her sister when, in fact, the home was in deplorable condition, had no running water, and the victim was not getting her prescribed medicines,” AG Shapiro said. “We fight to protect those who cannot protect themselves. And our agents have made sure the victim has received needed care and will no longer have to suffer daily living in a cage.”
Lancaster was transported to Monongahela Valley Hospital where she was treated for a urinary tract infection and Rhabdomyolysis, a breakdown of muscle that can come from infection.
A release the attorney general’s office says “Lancaster’s condition has improved. She has regained some mobility, and is working with a speech therapist.”
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