Santa Maria, CA -- A Santa Maria man was arrested on attempted murder charges after police say he beat his caretaker. Officers were called to a residential care facility on Berkeley Lane at about 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. There they found a female caretaker who had been severely beaten. The suspect, 41-year-old Richard Ainley, was arrested for attempted murder, making criminal threats, and battery. Investigators say Ainley has developmental disabilities. Police say the woman is expected to survive; she reportedly lives at the home with Ainley.