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May
11, 2005
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Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Criminal Justice
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director
Office of the Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor
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Rachel
Sacharow
609-984-1936
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Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Charges Sussex County Nurse
Assistant with Assault on Elderly Patient
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TRENTON
- Division of Criminal Justice Director
Vaughn L. McKoy announced that the Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged
a certified nurse assistant formerly employed
at a Sussex County rehabilitation facility
with aggravated assault for allegedly
abusing an elderly patient.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden-Brown, Donald Beckett, 40,
Kenneth Avenue, Union, Union County, was
charged in a Sussex County Grand Jury
indictment with aggravated assault (4th
degree). If convicted, Beckett faces up
to 18 months in state prison and a fine
of up to $10,000. In addition, the investigation
will be referred to the Department of
Health and Senior Services for further
review. Beckett is scheduled to appear
in Sussex County Superior Court before
Judge Peter N. Conforti on May 16.
The indictment alleges that in October,
2003, Beckett, formerly employed as a
certified nurse assistant at the Andover
Subacute and Rehabilitation Center located
in Andover, Sussex County, allegedly assaulted
a 76-year-old male resident of the Andover
Rehab Center. An investigation by the
Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor determined
that Beckett forcefully pulled the resident
from his bed and threw him against a wall
in the room. Beckett was terminated by
Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center
as a result of the investigation. The
resident has also been transferred to
another facility.
State Investigator Anthony Iannice and
Deputy Attorney General William Hoyman
coordinated the investigation. Deputy
Attorney General John Krayniak, supervisor
of the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor’s
Medicaid Fraud Section, presented the
case to the Sussex County Grand Jury.
The indictment, returned on May 6, is
merely an accusation. The defendant is
presumed innocent unless and until proven
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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