33-YEAR-OLD MARY MC.BROOM WAS ARRESTED BY THE ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WEDNESDAY ON A FELONY COUNT OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON. DETECTIVE SERGEANT GUS BURNS TOLD US THE ARREST WAS MADE AS THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN IN JANUARY, WHEN A DOCTOR WAS ASKED BY COUNTY ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO VISIT THE RESIDENCE MC.BROOM SHARED WITH HER ELDERLY FATHER AT 933 OSWEGATCHIE TRAIL. BURNS SAYS THE ELDER, FLOYD MC.BROOM, SR., WAS FOUND TO HAVE NUMEROUS, SEVERE BED SORES AND OTHER NEGLECT-RELATED MALADIES CAUSED BY THE DAUGHTER'S ALLEGED FAILURE TO ENSURE PROPER CARE. MC.BROOM, SR. WAS TAKEN AT THE INSISTENCE OF THE DOCTOR TO CLIFTON-FINE HOSPITAL, AND TRANSFERRED TO UPSTATE MEDICAL CENTER IN SYRACUSE, WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR THREE-AND-A-HALF WEEKS. MC.BROOM, SR. WAS THEN MOVED AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM UPSTATE INTO ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER'S RESIDENCE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, WHICH ENDED APRIL 30^TH FOR REASONS NOT RELATED TO THE ALLEGED NEGLECT BY MARY.

MARY MC.BROOM WAS ISSUED A TICKET TO APPEAR IN TOWN OF FINE COURT MAY 22^ND.

BURNS TOLD US THE MC.BROOM ARREST WAS MADE THROUGH THE COOPERATION OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNIT, AND STAFF AT BOTH CLIFTON-FINE HOSPITAL AND UPSTATE.