Arrest in Case of Employee Who Photographed Naked Residents
We discussed abuse allegations at Waddell Nursing and Rehabilitation in Galax, Virginia in a previous blog.
On Friday, July 31, 2009, twenty-nine year old Sharon Ann Walker, a facility employee, was arrested in connection to an anonymous complaint received by the Department of Social Services accusing an employee of the facility of taking photographs of residents without consent; the photographs were described as pornographic. Walker has been charged with two counts of knowingly and intentionally videotaping or photographing a non-consenting person while that person was nude or in a state of undress. Allegedly, Walker took photographs or videotaped more than one nursing home resident between April 1, 2009 and July 15, 2009 and shared those pictures with other people.
Walker has been released on bond pending her arraignment. The Galax Police Chief Rick Clark says an additional arrest is anticipated.
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