Utah State Hospital worker accused of sexually assaulting affected person

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OREM — A employees employee on the Utah State Hospital was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting one of many sufferers below his care.

Jorge Alfredo Pardo, 46, of Orem, is charged in 4th District Court docket with rape, a first-degree felony.

On March 6, a lady who’s on the hospital being handled for psychological sickness, in response to charging paperwork, was discovered inside a locked utility closet.

“The sufferer was not presupposed to be there and getting there from her unit would have required her to undergo two locked doorways, which might solely be opened by workers.” Police reviewed surveillance video and noticed Pardo main the girl into the closet after which moving into along with her, shutting the door and never leaving for seven to eight minutes, the fees state.

“When the sufferer was requested about what had occurred, she stated she did not wish to speak as a result of she did not need (Pardo) to get in bother,” in response to the fees.

Pardo was additionally questioned and allegedly admitted to participating in sexual activity with the girl within the closet, in response to the fees. Prosecutors famous that, on the time of the incident, Pardo was “a psychiatric technician and was chargeable for the sufferer’s care, security and well-being, inserting him able of particular belief along with her.”

The girl later “instructed the physician that this had been taking place over the span of roughly two months time,” a police reserving affidavit states.

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