FL - Group home employee charged with abusing 12-year nonverbal autistic child - LARGO, Jan 2026

[Clearsky]

https://www.pinellassheriff.gov/Contents/ContentItems/4c3ygwjqe3fh54340tscw6jrx5

During the investigation, detectives reviewed surveillance footage from the group home which shows 38-year-old Shannon Cooper excessively battering the victim. Cooper was seen pulling the victim around by their collar, striking the victim unprovoked multiple times, straddling the victim and forcing her weight upon them, throwing the victim into furniture, and taking the victim into rooms that were known to not have cameras.

 

[mpnola]

I ran several community homes for 16 years. Nothing angers me more than staff members who exert their control and anger against the most vulnerable population. It is not ok! The only good thing is they generally prosecute them pretty hard. She deserves it.