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them up.

She said R3 shouldn't be allowed to have sharp objects due to his temperament is kind of

(box-cutter) in his room, and he wouldn't give it over to them, so they didn't want him to get it out

could tell it was old. V1 said the police came and R3 handed it right over to them. V1 said V8 had also taken scissors away from R3 and put them up. V1 said she visually looked around his room and didn't see anything but when his parole officer comes, they are going to do a sweep of his room to make sure he doesn't have anything else. V1 said R3 told her he would let her (V1) look around with his parole officer here. On 01/27/26 at 2:10 PM, R7 who is cognitively intact with a BIMS of 15 out of 15 stated he was in the dining room when the incident happened between R2 and R3. He said R3 had brought some type of razor knife to the dining room and was cleaning stuff off the tables with it. R7 said when R3 was asked why he had it (box-cutter) he said R3 stated it's for him and pointed to R2.

R7 said R3 refused to give it to V1 (Administrator). R7 said he didn't see any police in the building that day after the incident. R7 stated today was the first day in a long time they had butter knifes given to them at mealtime. He said he saw R3 out in the dining room using the butter knife to cut some fabric off one of the bibs. On 01/28/26 at 9:45 AM, Follow up interview with R3. R3 said he had a tool that had a razor blade like object on the end of it and he was using it to scrap off the tables in the dining room. He said R2 can't say a sentence without having cuss words in it and he doesn't like that kind of language being use exceptionally around little kids. R3 said R2 came in the dining room wanting to start something with him and he told him he wished he could put R2 back in the sewer, close the lid, flush it, and make sure he doesn't come back up. R3 said he has a wrench and other tools in his room, but the facility isn't aware he has them. On 01/28/26 at 10:25 AM, V3 (Licensed Practical Nurse/LPN) said she didn't see the incident between R2 and R3 and she didn't hear R3 threaten R2.

She said R2 and R3 just don't get along.

She said they will wheel past each other and both will mumble stuff under their breath, and it just goes from there and both will just get louder and louder.

R3 only seems to argue with R2. On 01/28/26 at 10:35 AM, V6 (Certified Nursing Assistant/CNA) stated R3 had a box-cutter or something like it and he took it out in the dining room. He said he didn't see it, but he did have it. He said they had to call the police to come out and get it from R3. R6 said R2 and R3 just don't mix well, and they will say things to each other. He said you never know who really starts it.

The facility's Abuse Prevention Program, last revision dated of 2/2023, documented Purpose: This facility affirms the right of our residents to be free from abuse (verbal, mental, sexual or physical), neglect, misappropriations of resident property, exploitation, corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion and physical and chemical restraints that are not required to treat a resident's medical symptoms.

The facility therefore prohibits acts of mistreatment, neglect, abuse and/or crimes from being committed against its residents.

This facility desires to establish a resident sensitive and resident secure environment. It further documented Abuse: Abuse means any physical or mental injury or sexual assault inflicted upon a resident other than by accidental means in a facility. It also documented Physical Abuse includes hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and controlling behavior through corporal punishment. It also documented Willful as defined at 483.5 and as used in the definition of abuse, means the individual must have acted deliberately, not that the individual must have intended to inflict injury or harm.