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Bucks County Nurse Assistant Charged With Indecent Contact With Sleeping Patient Bucks County Nurse Assistant Charged With Indecent Contact With Sleeping Patient
Bucks County Nurse Assistant Charged With Indecent Contact With Sleeping Patient A 53-year-old Bucks County nurse has turned himself for inappropriately.touching a sleeping patient last fall, authorities said. Walter Howard Burns, of Doylestown PA, turned himself in on Tuesday related to an incident that took place on Oct. 3 at the Harborview Care & Rehab Center in Doylestown, according to Central Bucks Regional Police Department.  Burns, a certified nurse assistant employed by Harborview at the time of the incident, allegedly had indecent contact with a victim while he slept at 3 a.m. in the patient’s room at the facility, police said. Burns was arraigned an…

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by Jon Craig
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Police: Doylestown Nurse Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Patient In Longterm Care Facility Police: Doylestown Nurse Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Patient In Longterm Care Facility
Police: Doylestown Nurse Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Patient In Longterm Care Facility A 53-year-old Doylestown nurse's assistant surrendered to authorities months after police said he sexually assaulted a patient while sleeping in his room at a longterm care facility. Walter Howard Burns had "indecent contact" with the victim with the Harborview Care & Rehab Center at 3 a.m. on Oct. 3, local police said. Burns was a certified nurse's assistant at the facility at the time of the incident, Doylestown Police Chief Karl Knott told Daily Voice. The incident was reported to police by the facility following an internal investigation, police said. Burns surrendered in on Dec. …

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by Cecilia Levine