New York Nursing Home Porter Convicted of Sexual Assault
Juan Tavares-Nunez, a former porter for Cliffside Nursing Home in New York, was convicted by a jury on February 11, 2009 of sexually molesting a 64 year old resident suffering from end-stage Alzheimer's disease. Tavares-Nunez was convicted of First Degree Criminal Sexual Act and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person. He will be sentenced on March 5, 2009 and will have to register as a sex offender and contribute his DNA to a DNA databank.
Tavares-Nunez was working a porter at the facility on the afternoon of July 27, 2007. He entered the room of a bedridden resident suffering from Alzheimer's and sexually assaulted her. The abuse was observed by Tavares-Nunez's supervisor, who reported it. Tavares-Nunez, a nine year employee, was immediately terminated.
"The defendant stands convicted of committing a particularly heinous crime against one of our most vulnerable citizens," district attorney Richard A. Brown said. "A nursing facility should always be viewed as a patient's home away from home. To force anyone to endure such a traumatic incident - especially one at such a fragile stage in their life - is beyond moral comprehension."
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