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(Joiner, Arkansas) What 77-year-old Wilton Goudeaux endured the last month of his life has been the talk of Joiner, Arkansas.

Neighbors are telling each other what they saw at the home Goudeaux shared with his oldest son and two care givers.

"Hosing him down with a water hose when he was in the house. Holding a gun to his head telling him they gonna blow his brains out. Punching him in the ribs," says Goudeaux's neighbor Benjamin Welch.

It was enough to lead to an investigation and land Joiner's top cop behind bars.

"A call came in to the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department about the beating of an elderly person down there. We were in the process of responding to that call and Chief Yerby came over the radio and informed our officers he didn't need any assistance, he would handle the call," says Mississippi County Sheriff Dale Cook.

The Prosecutor's office says Police Chief Robert Yerbey not only turned a blind's eye to the abuse Goudeaux suffered, he may have actually falsified documents giving Goudeaux's oldest son control of the money and then getting some rewards for himself.

"Money does interesting things to people. If he is implicated, I am sure there is a money trail somewhere.There was a lot of money involved and it was going through like water," says Welch.

Yerbey was arrested Tuesday for Abuse of an Adult and Failure to Report Abuse.

Goudeaux's three caregivers remain behind bars, as well as the brother of one of the caregivers, Brandon Odom, who pulled a gun on us as we covered the story last week.

Chief Yerbey made bond a few hours after he was arrested, but the Mayor says he won't be back patrolling.

"As of now he is to be suspended without pay until further notice," says Joiner Mayor Sissie Winford-Ross. "It's devastating the something like this could happen in our community. It hurts us all."

The Mississippi County Sheriff's Department is handling law enforcement for Joiner as this investigation continues.

We were unable to reach Chief Yerbey.

He had an arraignment hearing Wednesday morning and will be back in court September 20th.