Regla “Su” Becquer was arrested by Arlington police in 2024 after receiving reports of abuse, theft, neglect and fraud in connection with her boarding homes.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The operator of multiple unlicensed boarding homes across North Texas has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of negligent homicide, elder financial abuse and endangerment, Tarrant County court records show.

Regla “Su” Becquer was arrested by Arlington police in 2024 after receiving multiple reports of abuse, theft, neglect and fraud in connection with her boarding homes.



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According to court records, Becquer received 18 years for financial elder abuse of more than $150,000, 10 years for abandoning or endangering an individual and two years for criminal negligent homicide, which is the maximum time of confinement for that charge. Records show the murder charge against Becquer was waived.

Becquer owned “Love and Caring for People, LLC,” a company purporting to care for adults who need daily, supervised care. Hospitals refer patients to such unlicensed community living homes when they do not meet the criteria for care at a licensed group home. 

But the Arlington Police Department says its Behavioral Health Law Enforcement Unit received multiple reports of abuse, theft, neglect and fraud connected to Becquer and her company’s homes.

In one case involving Becquer, a woman with cerebral palsy who could only move her arms told police she’d lived in the home for about five days. She said she was promised a bed, but her caretakers instead placed her on a mattress on the floor. The warrant stated caretakers didn’t change her diaper for days, leaving her to sit in her own feces. When she became upset that she could not leave, the caretakers gave her a mint-flavored liquid medicine that she was not prescribed. 

Arlington Police Lieutenant Kimberly Harris said at the time that Becquer and her staff did not properly care for their clients, prevented them from seeking medical attention, cut off contact between clients and their families, kept possession of dead clients’ property, and used clients’ debit cards without their knowledge or consent. 

Harris, commander of the department’s Behavioral Health Law Enforcement Unit, also said caretakers gave clients tenants a substance to keep them under control and prevent their exit. 

“Some were being physically assaulted,” Harris said at the time. “Some were being neglected, to the point of an individual who was wheelchair bound and did not have a wheelchair in the home and would get around crawling on his arms. We found scratches on his arms.”

Police removed victims from the five homes Becquer owned, and some, who required emergency medical care, were found to be malnourished. They also investigated how Becquer took ownership of one of the homes, on Woodbrook Street. Probate court documents show the previous homeowner left her estate to Becquer in a one-sentence, handwritten will dated 19 days before her death. 

WFAA’s year-long “Unlicensed and Unchecked” investigation exposed deaths, injuries and allegations of neglect and exploitation inside North Texas boarding homes housing elderly and disabled residents. The investigation uncovered gaps in state oversight and prompted Texas lawmakers to pass new laws strengthening oversight and enforcement that took effect in September 2025.

The two new laws make it a criminal offense to operate an unlicensed assisted living facility and impose rules on senior placement agents for the first time. Until now, Texas law allowed such operations to continue with few consequences. Regulators could issue civil fines, but operators faced no criminal liability.

Now, consultants who accept fees for placements must disclose any complaints and are barred from referring clients to unlicensed facilities—unless no licensed options are available. Until now, placement agents operated entirely outside state oversight.