Nursing home worker pleads guilty to stealing from resident
February 8, 2019
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A 51-year-old former Olathe nursing home employee pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry from a resident suffering from dementia.
Tonette Raylene Ealy, of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. She also was ordered to pay restitution to the victim.
The Kansas City Star reports as a part of the plea deal, a second count was dismissed.
Ealy was placed on probation for one year. She will serve 30 days as a condition of the probation.
She was charged last year with stealing jewelry worth less than $1,500 from two pati...
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