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Two of the former employees — 19-year-old Brianna Broitzman and 18-year-old Ashton Larson — are charged as adults, while the other four are considered juveniles.
The Minnesota Department of Health released a report in August showing that 15 residents with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia disorders were abused at the facility earlier this year.
The investigation by Albert Lea police and the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office detailed multiple incidents of physical, sexual and emotional abuse of residents in the teens' care.
Broitzman and Larson are both charged with assault of a caregiver to a vulnerable adult and criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult, among other counts.
The four juveniles are charged with failing to report the incidents.
An attorney for Larson did not immediately return a call seeking comment. A message left for Broitzman was not immediately returned.
