Nurse arrested in case of incapacitated woman who gave birth

[left-of-center2012]

A 36-year-old licensed practical nurse at Hacienda Healthcare was arrested on a sexual assault charge after a patient with significant intellectual disabilities gave birth at the Phoenix facility.

Phoenix, AZ, Police Chief Jeri Williams said police believe the suspect, identified as Nathan Sutherland, is responsible for sexually assaulting the woman who gave birth on Dec. 29.

On Jan. 8, Phoenix police served a search warrant for the DNA of male Hacienda Healthcare employees. Police said a match was discovered between Sutherland and the baby Tuesday.

Police said Sutherland is a licensed practical nurse who has worked at Hacienda Healthcare since 2011 and was employed there as of Tuesday. According to police, he was responsible for providing care for the woman during the time she was sexually assaulted.

Sutherland was taken into custody Tuesday evening and booked on one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse.

http://www.cbs8.com/story/39839212/nurse-arrested-in-case-of-incapacitated-woman-who-gave-birth

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. Good grief. How sad for the family of that poor woman.

[cwydro]

2. Scum.

Hope he’s locked up a long time.

[cwydro]

4. She's completely incapacitated and unable to communicate. She's been there her entire life.

I understand you’re trying to make a point, but that’s unbelievably inappropriate, not to mention heartless.

Have you ever seen a profoundly retarded person ( no alerts needed, this is the correct term)? I have. You wouldn’t make such an ugly joke if you’d ever worked with or known them.

If you want to comment on the cowardly Covcath cretins, do it on one of those threads.

Ugh.

[MagickMuffin]

8. I will delete my post

however, I have been raped and did not enjoy it.

I also have a niece who has downs syndrome and you mentioning that she is profoundly retarded is just as insensitive, and heartless.

[cwydro]

9. Down Syndrome is not profound retardation.

It is “Down Syndrome “ btw, no s on the end of Down.

Thank your for deleting that comment. I know you were only making a point.

[MagickMuffin]

11. Tell that to my niece that has Down Syndrome that it isn't profound retardation.

She is constantly referred to by others as retarded.

Or all the other humans who have Down Syndrome, I bet a lot of them experience being called retarded.

Thank you for such a teachable moment about Down Syndrome it was well worth it.

[cwydro]

13. Please do some research.

People who are profoundly retarded cannot care for themselves in any way. They are usually institutionalized, as this woman is.

People with Down Syndrome are very capable, despite the challenges they face. Many work, they workout (two such folks belong to my gym), they go out to eat, belong to teams and basically are just able to enjoy life as others do.

I’m sorry that your niece is exposed to the type people who would call her names. In the communities where I have worked or volunteered with those with developmental disabilities, they are usually accepted, most often welcomed wherever they go.

That’s a damn shame that your niece is “constantly” called names. Something is very wrong there.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

19. Using the "R" word is generally frowned on nowadays

[3catwoman3]

27. As with many medical conditions, the severity of Trisomy 21 varies greatly.

We have patients on our practice who function at a very high level, and some who, sadly, cannot even dress themselves or take care of basic hygiene needs.

[janterry]

26. You are right that was the dx. but it has been changed. We now say

Intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) as a DSM-5 diagnostic term replaces “mental retardation” used in previous editions of the manuals.

[akraven]

23. Agreed 110%! My neighbors had a child that disabled when I was a kid, long ago.

Hospitalized at the age of one month; never got "better" but lived to the ripe age of 18.

I can't imagine the kind of depravity it would take to do this. She was pretty (we kept her hair clean and her teeth brushed and took photos).

I just can't wrap my mind around this.

[Tipperary]

5. He looks like a great specimen of humanity.

Utterly disgusting pos.

[backscatter712]

6. His name is Buck...

What a piece of shit...

[MineralMan]

7. Good. What a horrible thing!

[ProudLib72]

10. Does no one else find it incredible that the pregnancy was allowed to go full term?

Maybe there is a backstory that is not included in the article. It raises a lot of questions.

Poor woman!

[shanti]

12. The POS that did this

was her primary nurse, so few others likely knew of it. Also, the care home had a culture of hiding their dirty deeds. They got bonuses to keep their mouths shut.

[cwydro]

14. A doctor actually examined her during the time it is believed she was pregnant.

Some of these places are just abysmal, hiring the dregs of the dregs,

[shanti]

21. Right

One of two MD's that looked the other way. Both are gone now.

[Horse with no Name]

16. When a patient is a ward of the state

The state cannot consent for abortion nor can they make the patient a DNR or make the decision to withdraw life support.

[ProudLib72]

20. Wait a minute. Ward of the state?

She has significant intellectual disabilities as a result of seizures very early in her childhood,” the family’s attorney, John Micheaels, said in a statement. “She does not speak but has some ability to move her limbs, head and neck. Their daughter responds to sound and is able to make facial gestures.

So she has a family? It makes me think that the home went out of its way to cover up the pregnancy.

[Horse with no Name]

31. I can't even imagine

But I guarantee this isn’t the first woman he has raped.

[Crunchy Frog]

17. Apparently they had only found out once she actually went into labor.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. This is one of those stories that makes my skin want to crawl the fuck off my body.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Cut them off.

And make sure he can never do something like this again.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Good

[shanti]

24. He's now out on bond

$500,000. I wonder who put it up for him?

[Iggo]

25. Bail bondsman, probably.

You put up 10%. Bail bondsman puts up the rest.

Still, that's 50 grand he had to come up with.

[left-of-center2012]

29. Still, that's 50 grand he had to come up with.

Maybe he has a home he used as collateral for the 50 grand?

[Merlot]

28. Throw away the key. This person should never see light of day again.

[vercetti2021]

30. Cut his balls off

Rapists deserve that as a punishment for their crimes.