Employee jailed for taking sexually explicit photos of residents
The PressRepublican.com had a story about a nursing home employee who took and shared private inappropriate photos of residents in his care. Shane Spooner has been ordered to jail and probation for taking sexually explicit photos of a traumatic-brain-injury patient in his care. He was working at Clinton County Nursing Home when he took the inappropriate cell-phone picture of the 49-year-old and sent it via text message to a female co-worker. Spooner had three prior misdemeanor convictions. After investigating, authorities charged Spooner with second-degree unlawful surveillance and first-degree dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image. Within two weeks of his August arrest, Spooner pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge of attempted first-degree dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image. He was sentenced to 45 days in County Jail for taking the picture. He was also ordered to complete three years probation and pay a $500 fine, along with a $200 surcharge.
Shane Spooner has said that he took a picture of the man's genitals for his own amusement, an act that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has called "a disgusting example of abuse within the walls of a New York nursing home."
