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Sandusky man indicted in nursing home rapes

Monday, February 11th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - A Sandusky man has been indicted by an Erie County grand jury on charges of rape involving two patients at the Concord Care Center where he worked. John Riems was indicted on two counts each of rape, sexual battery, and patient abuse. The indictments yesterday involved two ... [More >>]

Accused rapist who confessed to 100 sexual assaults, nursing home, sued by families

Saturday, February 9th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - Accused rapist John Riems and the nursing home from which he was fired face at least two new lawsuits this week - on top of another one filed last week - from Sandusky families who claim their loved ones were physically or sexually abused by the former ... [More >>]

Search Continues For Nursing Home Worker Accused Of Stealing Patients’ Money

Thursday, February 7th, 2008. Columbus, OH - Police said that they are uncovering the shady past of a nursing home worker accused of stealing money from patients.... [Karen] Carter is accused of stealing from patients at the Sanctuary at Tuttle Crossing Nursing Home where she worked as the business office manager. Nursing home administrators said that ... [More >>]

Family of nursing home rape victim file civil suit

Thursday, February 7th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - The family of a nursing home resident allegedly assaulted by a nurse has filed a civil suit against the former caregiver. The family of the 55-year-old man, who also prompted the police investigation of the case, on Wednesday filed the lawsuit against nurse John R. Riems, who has ... [More >>]

Family sues nurse accused of abusing nursing home patients

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - The family of a nursing home resident has sued a nurse who is accused of raping a partially paralyzed patient and abusing at least 13 others. The lawsuit accuses former nightshift nurse John Riems of physically and mentally abusing their father.... Riems, 49, told investigators following his arrest that ... [More >>]

2nd family sues nurse accused of abusing his patients

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - A nurse charged with rape for allegedly abusing a nursing home patient is being sued by the family of another man who claims he also was physically and emotionally abused. Vincent Joseph Bilgen, a resident at Concord Care & Rehabilitation Center, and his sons filed the civil lawsuit ... [More >>]

Nursing home rape charge goes to grand jury

Monday, February 4th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - The fate of John R. Riems now rests with an Erie County grand jury. Riems sat silent and expressionless in the courtroom Thursday as two detectives described in detail the sexual crimes Riems is accused of committing against a blind and partially paralyzed nursing home ... [More >>]

Suit filed against Concord Care, Riems

Monday, February 4th, 2008. Perkins Township, OH - Sons of a Concord Care and Rehabilitation Center resident have filed a lawsuit against the nursing home and former employee John R. Riems, claiming the nurse physically and mentally abused their father. Brothers James and Joseph Bilgen of Sandusky filed the lawsuit Friday in Erie County Common ... [More >>]

Police Say Ohio Nurse Abused 14 Patients

Friday, February 1st, 2008. Sandusky, OH - Investigators have verified 14 cases of abuse by a nightshift nurse who told police he abused nearly 100 patients at health care centers since the 1980s, authorities said Thursday. John Riems, 49, was arrested last week and has been charged with raping a partially ... [More >>]

Riems may have abused 23 more at nursing home

Friday, February 1st, 2008. Perkins Township, OH - A nurse accused of rape for sexually touching a partially paralyzed 55-year-old man might have sexually abused at least 23 more people in the nursing home where he worked, according to Perkins police. The investigation of registered nurse John R. Riems unfolded ... [More >>]

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