Criminal
Sep. 21, 2026
Jury acquits MacArthur Park physician assistant in elder abuse retrial
William Martinez was acquitted of elder abuse after prosecutors retried a case involving the transfer of a dementia patient to an unlicensed board-and-care facility, ending an eight-year prosecution.
A Los Angeles County jury acquitted a MacArthur Park physician assistant of elder abuse after prosecutors retried a case over a dementia patient's transfer to an unlicensed board-and-care facility, ending an eight-year prosecution, defense attorney Louis J. Shapiro said.
The verdict cleared William Martinez, founder of the Samaritana Clinic, after his first trial ended with jurors leaning toward acquittal on elder abuse and kidnapping counts. Prosecutors dismissed kidnapping b...
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