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A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrest of a Nurse's Aide Caught Secretly Photographing Nursing Home Resident

NEW YORK - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the arrest of a 25-year-old Certified Nurse Aide from Centereach, New York, who shared a humiliating cell phone picture of a resident in his care at the Woodhaven Center of Care in Port Jefferson Station. David Rover is accused of surreptitiously taking a picture with his cell phone of the resident's genital area covered with feces and texting that picture to a nurse aide student without the patient's permission and for no legitimate purpose. Rover was charged with two felony counts and faces up to 1 and 1/3 to 4 years imprisonment if convicted.

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Action Details

  • Date:March 8, 2013
  • Agency:New York Attorney General
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies