WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) - Four additional employees of Missouri’s largest behavioral health organization are now charged with abusing residents, including two children with autism.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday that all four employees of Webster Groves-based Great Circle are charged with abuse of a health care recipient.
Great Circle in recent weeks has announced its intention to lay off 115 employees and the closure of its Webster Groves residential treatment facility, which was also raided by federal agents. Three other employees were arrested in January.
All seven arrested employees are in their 20s.
Great Circle is Missouri’s largest provider of residential treatment for children with developmental delays or behavioral challenges. It has 13 residential facilities.
Great Circle spokeswoman Bev Pfeifer-Harms said in an email that the agency’s leadership “became aware of certain staff members on our Webster Groves campus that violated our health and safety policies. We promptly reported those actions to the appropriate authorities, conducted an internal review of the facts and terminated the staff members involved.”
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