Mr. Pena, who is divorced from licensee, alleges licensee has committed various violations of the physical therapy statues. Mr. Pena made a similar allegation in 2011. New allegations include parental neglect by not reporting, to child services, abuse of their Autistic son by school personnel, not seeking medical treatment for their child, threatening to kill their child and arrest of the licensee which she didn’t report. Licensee states she has reported to child services any abuse and she did not threaten to kill their child. Licensee added the arrest involved her trying to protect her son and the charges were not prosecuted therefore she didn’t have to report them at license renewal time. ____________________________________________________________ DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION Interview of Albert Pena, On February 9, 2018 I interviewed Albert Pena at his parents’ home, Mr. Pena …show more content…
Pena stated the child, age 11, had a black spot on his penis and Jody Pena didn’t seek medical attention for the child. In reference to Jody Pena threatening to kill their child Mr. Pena stated this statement was made only in his presence. In reference to the assault on a police officer this investigator obtained copies of the court records pertaining to Jody Pena’s arrest for assaulting a police officer, see the officer’s report appended as attachment #1, the officer’s probable cause statement appended as attachment # 2; Court records appended as attachment #3; and a copy of a written statement Jody Pena gave appended as attachment # 4. The Officer’s report states, in brief, that he responded to a disturbance at the Nixa School. Upon arrival, he found Jody Pena interrupting two other officers who were trying to question her son. She allegedly pushed one of the officers as she attempted to grab her son. She was then arrested for assault and during the arrest, she scratched the arresting officer’s hand causing it to