GA woman arrested for financial fraud and exploitation of disabled adults

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Bainbridge woman accused of exploiting and intimidating adults with disabilities and committing financial transaction fraud.

Bainbridge Public Safety asked the agency to investigate LaShanda Johnson after receiving several complaints at Johnson's Personal Care Home and Johnson's Private Care Home, located on Hall Street.

The GBI was asked to help investigate on March 21 and a day later Johnson was arrested.

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The GBI said the investigation showed that “Johnson allegedly illegally used the finances of some of the residents staying at his Hall Street homes.” Johnson was in the Decatur County Jail on unrelated charges when she received warrants for her arrest and was booked into custody.

Johnson was charged with 10 counts of financial transaction fraud and two counts of exploitation and intimidation of disabled adults, according to the GBI.

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Additional Decatur County Jail records show Johnson was also charged with a probation violation involving perjury and multiple counts of transmitting nude or sexually explicit material.

The case remains active and anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Thomasville GBI Bureau of Investigation at 229-225-4090 or Bainbridge Public Safety at 229-248-2038.

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