NJ male nurse accused of groping several patients at hospital
🔷NJ nurse accused of groping
🔷Patients reported inappropriate touch
🔷NJ man faces criminal charges
A 39-year-old nurse from Mercer County has been accused of groping several patients at a Princeton hospital.
Multiple patients at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center had reported being inappropriately touched by a male nurse, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said.
The Plainsboro Police Department and members of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims’ Unit identified Andre Angus, of Ewing, as the nurse in question.
On Dec.11, Angus was arrested and charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.
"Patient safety is our top priority, and we are taking these distressing allegations very seriously," a Penn Medicine Princeton Health spokesperson said in a statement to New Jersey 101.5, adding they are cooperating fully with law enforcement.
Angus no longer worked at Princeton Health as of Monday.
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Anyone with additional information on the case was asked to call Detective Haley Hlavka of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, Special Victims Unit, at 732-745-3287 or Detective Dan Larocca of the Plainsboro Police Department at 609-799-2333.
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