Nursing Assistant Charged with Abusing Vulnerable Adult
Friday, November 18th, 2005.
Cambridge, MD - Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced today that a former certified nursing assistant for Mallard Bay Care Center, a nursing home in Cambridge, Maryland, has been charged in connection with her mistreatment of a resident in her care.
Jessica Montgomery, 21, of the 300 block of Crusader Lane in Cambridge, was charged by criminal information in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County with one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult and one count of second degree assault. The alleged incident occurred on February 28, 2005. Intentional abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of $10,000. Second degree assault is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of $2,500.A criminal information is an accusation, and all persons are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
This case is being prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which has authority to prosecute abuse or neglect of vulnerable persons in facilities that receive Medicaid funds.
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