Attorney General Alan Wilson announces two caregivers charged with neglecting assisted living residents

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that his Office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud Unit (VAMPF) has arrested Na’Trell W. Bryant, 21, of Lamar, S.C., and Matthew A. Gregg, 54, of Florence, S.C.

Bryant and Gregg have each been charged with one count of Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult (§ 43-35-85(C)).

Both men were booked into the Florence County Detention Center on May 13, 2026.

An investigation by the Attorney General’s VAMPF Unit and the Florence County Sheriff’s Office revealed allegations that Bryant and Gregg, while employed as caregivers at Above the Rest Residential Care (an assisted living facility in Florence, S.C.), knowingly and willfully neglected vulnerable adult residents under their care by failing to provide the necessary supervision and services required to maintain the residents’ health and safety.

According to investigators:

• On May 30, 2025, Gregg is alleged to have left the facility unsupervised while on duty, during which time a vulnerable adult resident experienced a medical emergency requiring emergency medical services.
• On June 6, 2025, Bryant is alleged to have left the facility unsupervised while on duty. A vulnerable adult resident suffered a medical emergency and called EMS. Approximately one hour later, Gregg was found asleep in a closed room inside the facility.

At the time of the alleged incidents, the victims were classified as vulnerable adults under South Carolina law and resided at the Above the Rest facility.

The case is being prosecuted by the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.

South Carolina Felony Offenses and Penalties:

• Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult – Felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.

Pursuant to federal regulations, VAMPF has authority over Medicaid provider fraud; abuse and neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries in any setting; and the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals residing in assisted living facilities or nursing homes. 

Attorney General Wilson stressed that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.

The South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, dba VAMPF, receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $2,964,287 for federal fiscal year 2026. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $988,096 for FFY 2026, is funded by South Carolina.