Updated: March 6, 2012
The State Law Enforcement Division says they won't prosecute a charge in the allegation made at a nursing home in Union County.
SLED was called to join the investigation by the Union County Sheriff after allegations of criminal misconduct at the Ellen Sager Nursing Home on February 16.
The complainant in the case passed away a week after the report.
Sheriff David Taylor says the complainant was the sole witness to the allegation and it would be impossible to prosecute the case without her testimony.
The Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor says the investigation will be closed unless any new evidence is presented.
Posted: February 16, 2012
A Union County woman says a nursing home employee sexually assaulted her elderly mother by exposing himself and making the woman touch his genitals.
The woman, who doesn't want to be identified for fear of revealing her mother's identity, said the abuse took place at the Ellen Sagar Nursing Home, which is run though Wallace Thompson Hospital.
According to the woman, the suspect, who won't be identified unless charges are brought, entered the patient's room, drew the privacy curtain, and then exposed himself. The woman said the man then had her mother touch his penis while he rocked back and forth.
The woman filed a report with the Union County Sheriff's Office Tuesday night, and Sheriff David Taylor said two detectives have been assigned to the case, though "it's too early to tell" if the allegations are true.
Calls to hospital administration have not yet been returned.
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