New York Nursing Home Worker Charged With Sexual Abuse
Carolyn Wheeler, a recreational leader at Somers Manor Nursing Home in Somers, New York, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person in the second degree, which is a felony, and sexual abuse in the second degree, a misdemeanor.
Wheeler allegedly returned to the facility on August 17, 2009, while off-duty and was found by nursing staff engaging in sexual contact with a 60 year-old male resident suffering from a severe mental defect.
Wheeler was arraigned and remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $3,000 bail.
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