A Luzerne County man pleads guilty to neglect and endangerment charges. accused of abandoning two disabled people who were in his care at a group home is pleading guilty to neglect and endangerment charges. 58-year old Laron Monroe from Drums abandoned two disabled people who were in his care at a group home in Luzerne County. Monroe pleaded guilty to one count each of neglect of care and welfare endangerment in exchange for prosecutors dropping additional charges against him. Prosecutors say Monroe was a "direct support professional" working the night shift at a Butler Twp. group home and one night last November, he left his patients. A day shift worker the next morning found one of the residents injured in a fall and bleeding. Monroe remains free on $5,000 bail pending sentencing in July.