Son arrested after 79-year-old mother living in his care was found malnourished, living in filth

Hernando County Sheriff's Office said a Spring Hill man was arrested for neglect after his mother was living in filth, found malnourished, with multiple infections.

HCSO said it has arrested Jason Russell, 47, for neglect of an elderly person causing great bodily harm and resisting an officer without violence.

On Sept. 18, Russell called 9-1-1 after his mother, 79, became unresponsive in the Spring Hill home they share on Boyce Street, HCSO said.

When fire rescue crews arrived, Russell had his mother sitting in a wheelchair in the driveway of the home. He refused to let medical personnel into the home to check what medication she was taking, HCSO said.

The woman was taken to the hospital. HCSO said doctors found she was malnourished, septic from multiple sources of infection, had pneum