Nursing Home Worker Accused of Snapping Pic of Patient's Privates Indicted
Two Newark women formally charged with third degree conspiracy after allegedly taking picture of elderly patient's genitalia, posting to Facebook
A nursing home worker and her friend accused of posting a Facebook photo of an elderly patient's genitalia were indicted Monday, the Attorney General's office announced.
Helien Williams, 26, a certified nursing assistant at CareOne at Livingston, and Michele Walker, 22, both of Newark, were formally charged with third degree conspiracy in a state grand jury indictment. Williams was also charged with two counts of third degree invasion of privacy, while Walker was hit with one count of third degree invasion of privacy.
Williams is accused of taking a photo of the patient's genitalia in January 2012 and sending it to Walker, who posted the picture on her Facebook page. Williams was fired from her position at CareOne at Livingston, an assistant living facility for senior citizens in Livingston.
Deputy Attorney General Peter Sepulveda, Sgt. Patricia Yellen and Detective Ronald Allen were assigned to the investigation.
Third-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of five years in state prison and a criminal fine of $15,000.
Faith
11:02 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
PLEASE...may they suffer the maximum penalty...which is hardly enough for these sick, sick women!
Mary
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
AGREE !!!!
Clare Whitbeck
11:02 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
This is nasty. How did this person get through the screening process?
Linda F
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
This makes me sick. I am a CNA and this appalls me. Most of these people cannot do things for themselves or have dementia or so forth . Now some little disgusting immature kids violate a persons privacy. Shameful. I would like to know what the agency did as well.
dutchess
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Doesn't this also violate the Federal law for patient's privacy rights, HIPPA?
BOB LECH
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Why not post naked pictures of them behind bars/
What they did is lower then whale S####t and thats on the bottom of the ocean.
More discrase from a couple of screwballs that make the rest look bad
BOB LECH
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Clare Whitbeck,
Not sure if they screen then for nursing homes.On have to take the Stat exams and I may be wrong but nursing homes only need LPN nurses not RN's
Give them the test 6 months later and they will fail
Concerned4Society
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Sick, sick people. I, too, hope that they suffer the maximum penalty.
Walter O.
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
WTF is wrong with these women! They deserve nothing but the highest penalty for this.
Dory Degen
4:58 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
what about elder abuse or sexual abuse? come on attorney general sepulveda, if ever there needed to be an example set it is with these two heartless women.
Moira
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Post their pictures.
Jill
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Facebook helps you connect with the people in your life, and soon these two migrants will be connecting with a lot of interesting new people. Fortunately for them, the genitalia in question belonged to an old person and not to a child because there is nothing so sacred as our children's genitalia.
Jill
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Sorry, I meant miscreants, not migrants. My phone can't spell.
Scondo
12:41 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
You have heard of the maxim "To big to fail" in connection with financial bailouts. This looks like a case of "Too Stupid to Prosecute" In addition to the hurt that they cause the victims, they also hurt the reputation of the business in which they work.
Tara
5:21 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
How sad. These people who have lived through so much already deserve peace in the final part of their journey here. I hope they receive a maximum penalty and I hope they receive help because they need it.
Patty
6:50 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
I have first hand experience with a hand full of so called "good" nursing homes. They offer low pay to workers and most of these so called nurses aids could care less about the elderly and do as little as possible on the job. It's almost impossible to find one (NA) born in the USA because of low wages and type of work at most nursing homes. Nursing home owners are in it for the money, its just another business to them and the bottom line is most important.