By Attorney General Dana Nessel
LANSING – On April 27, Kristi Tucker-Fleischfresser, 40, was bound over to stand trial in the 28th Circuit Court in Wexford County on charges related to the 2022 death of a resident of Pleasant Lake Lodge in Cadillac, where Tucker-Fleischfresser was the administrator, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Tucker-Fleischfresser was bound over on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter, a 15-year felony, and one count of Obstructing an Investigation, a 2-year misdemeanor.
It is alleged that a 60-year-old female was admitted to Pleasant Lake Lodge on November 1, 2022, with a diagnosis of diabetes and was prescribed two types of insulin. On the morning of November 5, 2022, she was found deceased in her bed.
The resident allegedly never received her prescribed insulin and died due to complications of diabetes. It is further alleged that Tucker-Fleischfresser failed to ensure that the resident received her prescribed insulin and obstructed an investigation by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Tucker-Fleischfresser was arraigned in February.
This matter was referred to the Department of Attorney General by the Wexford County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and investigated by LARA and the Michigan State Police.
“Failing to provide life-saving medication to vulnerable adults is unacceptable, and I am pleased that this case will now move forward to trial,” said Attorney General Nessel. “My office remains focused on ensuring adult foster care administrators understand the weight of their responsibilities and the consequences that follow when they fail those in their care.”
A pretrial date has not yet been set.
The Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division (HCFD) is handling this case for the Department in partnership with MSP. The HCFD is the federally certified Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for Michigan, and it receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $5,517,524.00 for the fiscal year 2026. The remaining 25% percent, totaling $1,839,170.00, is funded by the State of Michigan.