Caregiver Arrested, Accused of Sexually Abusing Vulnerable Adult – TBINewsroom.com

CARTER COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Medicaid Fraud Control Division, Adult Protective Services and the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging into reports of abuse and sexual exploitation of a vulnerable adult has resulted in an arrest.

In August, following a referral from Adult Protective Services, TBI special agents began investigating allegations of sexual exploitation involving a physically and mentally disabled adult male in Carter County. During the investigation, agents learned that Selena Catherine Silver (DOB: 5/12/68), who was employed as a caregiver at the time, initiated a sexual relationship with the victim and supplied him with narcotics and other illegal drugs.

Today, agents obtained an arrest warrant for Silver, charging her with Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult, Sexual Abuse by an Authority Figure, Sexual Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, and Stalking. She was arrested and booked into the Carter County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

The charges and accusations referenced in this press release are merely allegations of criminal conduct and are not evidence. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.

NOTE: TBI’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $8,983,614.75 for the 2023-2024 federal budget year. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $2,994,538.25 for the 2023-2024 budget year, is funded by the State of Tennessee.

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