Nursing assistant, 23, arrested for ‘videotaping 80- and 90-year-old dementia patients being raped’ at Ohio nursing home: ‘Some of them couldn’t even talk’
- Tiara Lynn Ford, 23, of Ohio, was arrested Thursday for raping elderly patients with dementia at a nursing home where she worked.
- Ford worked as a nursing assistant at The Inn at University Village in Massillon, Ohio.
- Police said investigators allegedly received “video footage of Ms. Ford sexually abusing senior residents of the facility.”
- Ford reportedly used a mobile phone to record.
- She resigned as a government-reviewed nurse assistant in December following the allegations.
- Since then, Ford has been in the Stark County jail, where she remained as of Friday evening. She is due to appear in court on March 11.
An Ohio A nurse’s assistant was arrested last week after authorities said she filmed the rape and sexual abuse of several elderly men with dementia at a nursing home where she worked.
Tiara Lynn Ford, 23, was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of rape, a first-degree felony and two counts of gross sexual coercion, both fourth-degree crimes. court records show.
Ford, who worked as a government-approved nurse’s aide at The Inn at University Village in Massillon, was arrested after authorities conducted a two-week investigation into the allegations, which included a number of “videotapes of Ms. Ford’s sexual abuse of senior residents.” facility,” the police said.
“Some of them couldn’t even talk,” Massillon Police Detective David McConnell said. WEWS. “You know, they’re old, didn’t know what was going on, and she did it for her own personal pleasure.”
Pictured: Tiara Lynn Ford of Canton is charged with one count of rape, a felony in the first degree and two counts of gross sexual assault, both in the fourth degree.
Image from the police body camera during the arrest of Tiara Lynn Ford
Ford was arrested at her home after a two-week investigation that unearthed video footage of her “sexually abusing senior residents of the facility,” police said.
Ford reportedly used a mobile phone to record her many sexual assaults on men with dementia living at the facility.
In December, she quit her job as a government-vetted nurse assistant.
Ford allegedly began filming Sexual Assault on December 1, 2019 and continued until December 4, 2021, according to a local newspaper. repository reported.
According to prosecutors, Ford was fully aware that “her alleged victims’ ability to consent or resist was substantially impaired due to their mental or physical condition or advanced age.”
Police also said that Ford voluntarily confessed to the activities following her arrest.
Pictured is the University Village hotel in Massillon, Ohio, where Ford was working when he reportedly raped elderly dementia patients.
The nursing home said it had already notified residents’ families of the alleged attacks.
“The safety and well-being of residents is our top priority. We were recently notified that a former employee was involved in the mistreatment of residents, ”the institution said in a statement to WEWS.
“We immediately notified the families involved, the police department and other relevant authorities.”
“We are cooperating fully with the authorities in their investigation. Due to the ongoing investigation and HIPAA laws, we are unable to comment further at this time.”
Ford has since been placed in the Stark County Jail, where she remained as of Friday evening.
She is due to appear in court on March 11.