A South Florida hospital worker is facing an abuse of the elderly charge after he battered a disabled adult, authorities said.
Carlos Cuzan, 44, was arrested Thursday by the Florida Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Miami-Dade Police Department, according to the Florida Attorney General's Office.
Cuzan was booked into the Miami-Dade Jail was was being held without bond Thursday. It was unknown if he has an attorney.
Authorities said a co-worker witnessed Cuzan punch the victim several times in the face while employed as a medical health technician at the South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center in Hialeah.
The victim, who suffers from schizophrenia, was treated for a laceration to his lip, the Attorney General's office said.
Cuzan faces up to five years in prison.