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Nursing home aide charged in sex abuse
Authorities say he admitted to com- mitting inappropri- ate sexual acts with patients.

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Franklin D. Hughes Jr.: He is accused of harming patients at a Bartlesville nursing home where he worked as a certified nurse's assistant. One charge alleges that he assaulted an 83-year-old man. Another sex-abuse victim was a 76-year-old dementia patient who has since died.

By LAURA SUMMERS World Correspondent
Published: 11/7/2009 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 11/7/2009 5:19 AM

BARTLESVILLE — A man has been charged with caretaker abuse after he allegedly sexually abused dementia patients at a Bartlesville nursing home.

Franklin D. Hughes Jr., 36, of Bartlesville appeared before Washington County District Judge Curtis DeLapp on two charges filed this week in which he is accused of harming patients at the Bartlesville Care Center, where he worked as a certified nurse's assistant.

Hughes was arrested Thursday after police say he admitted to committing inappropriate sexual acts with patients.

One charge alleges that Hughes assaulted an 83-year-old man Oct. 1.

The victim told his pastor and a nursing staff member that Hughes asked to get in his bed and "tried to have sex" with him, a court affidavit states.

Another charge alleges that Hughes assaulted a 76-year-old dementia patient who has since died.

The victim told his family that he hated Hughes, accusing Hughes of "hunching" him and kissing him on the cheek and mouth in a bathroom at the nursing center between July 1 and Aug. 8, 2008, the affidavit states.

Complaints against Hughes were filed with the Oklahoma State Department of Health in 2003 and 2007 regarding his work with dementia patients at the Nowata Nursing Center, a court affidavit states.

One patient had complained that Hughes touched him inappropriately, but that patient has since died, and nursing center personnel told police that they no longer have records about the incident.

Another complainant alleged that Hughes asked to have oral sex with him.

The case was closed when the patient did not provide details of the situations in an interview with state officials.

The Nowata Nursing Center did not report either case to local law enforcement authorities, the court affidavit states. By LAURA SUMMERS World Correspondent

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	Report Comment Tony G, Tulsa (11/7/2009 3:55:54 AM) This is just sick!!!!!!!!! No elderly person deserves this. There are plenty of bars a person can go and find a sex partner, and then there is the internet. This guy deserves to be treated like a pedophile.
	Report Comment Elusive, the burbs (11/7/2009 4:08:45 AM) This guy is certified indeed but not at nursing assistant. How conveinent the nursing home lost the records, uh huh. When people prey on the vulnerable it is the sickest of crimes.
	Report Comment justiceawaits, Claremore (11/7/2009 7:07:53 AM) Put a bullet in his skull.
	Report Comment Few Clothes, America (11/7/2009 8:11:23 AM) This worthless POS needs to be sent to a mental hospital, then prison.
	Report Comment DaBirdman, (11/7/2009 10:40:34 AM) NO punishment would be too severe! This guy had a history of this??? On a lighter note, I'm curious about the use of hyphens in the subtitle.
	Report Comment T.B'Ville, Bruins (11/7/2009 12:06:18 PM) Yuck!
	Report Comment Sleepy Tiger, Claremore (11/7/2009 2:41:07 PM) His certification just got changed to CERTIFIED SEXUAL PREDATOR. His sanpaku eyes beg the question: Why did it take them so long to catch me? Other notable evil-minded sanpakuites: Charles Manson, Ted Bundy & Adolf Hitler.
	Report Comment aint missbehavin, .. (11/7/2009 10:13:00 PM) I bet this happens all the time.
	Report Comment slideitin2deep, tulsa (11/8/2009 7:14:15 AM) probably get a slap on the wrist and set free in a year.But maybe he will sell some weed and get life w/o parole.

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