Charges against teens involved in Good Sam abuse coming
Published 1:46 pm Saturday, November 8, 2008
The charges against four teenagers allegedly involved in abuse at Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea will likely be released the week of Nov. 16, Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson said Thursday.
The charges will come from both the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office — for the two teenagers who were adults at the time of the alleged incidents — and from the Freeborn County Attorney’s Office — for the two teenagers who were 17. They are all now 18 or older.
The release of the charges will come on schedule with projections made by Nelson in the beginning of October.
In the meantime, the state Attorney General’s Office continues to combine information from the interviews conducted by the Albert Lea Police Department and the Minnesota Department of Health, along with records that show the dates and hours the teenagers worked, Nelson said. They are also looking at the areas within the nursing home where the teenagers were scheduled to work and the location of the alleged victim’s rooms.
The details of abuse allegations surfaced after the release of a Minnesota Department of Health report Aug. 28 that concluded four teenagers were involved in verbal, sexual and emotional abuse of 15 residents at the nursing home in Albert Lea.
The four teenagers identified in reports are no longer employed at the nursing home.