COLUMBIA, S.C. —
A vulnerable adult patient at a mental health facility in South Carolina was slammed to the floor by an employee inside a seclusion room, according to an arrest warrant.
The warrant says Thomas Smalls, 27, is charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult.
According to the warrant, on Aug. 4, Smalls, who was a custody officer at Recovery Solutions in Columbia, took a patient into a seclusion room and slammed them onto the floor.
The warrant said the patient had a 2- to 3-inch laceration on the head.
According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Recovery Solutions is contracted for operation by the South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Mental Health.
SLED reported that Recovery Solutions requested the investigation.
Smalls was booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County.