A former certified nursing assistant (CNA) at a Bristol Township nursing home will head to Doylestown for trial on accusations that he sexually assaulted a 93-year-old patient earlier this year.
After a preliminary hearing that included testimony from the employee who allegedly uncovered the sexual assault, District Judge Joanne Kline held Christopher Frederici, 41, for trial on charges of rape of a mentally disabled person, sexual assault and indecent exposure in the case. He remains free after posting 10 percent of $75,000 bail.
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The Silver Lake Nursing Center employee who testified on Thursday told police earlier this year that she opened the curtain to the 93-year-old female resident’s room to find Frederici with his “penis in [the] resident’s mouth and [the] resident’s diaper open,” according to police and prosecutors.
When the fellow employee observed the incident, she ran out of the room crying before approaching Frederici to confirm what she saw. Frederici, who promised the witness he would not do it again, later threatened the woman at her car by moving his finger across his neck to jester what would happen if she told, according to court papers.
It was reported by the witness that Frederici had not been assigned to care for the dementia patient on the night of the incident.
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Frederici reportedly told police the 93 year old initiated the incident by kissing his stomach because “she loved it so much”. When officers asked Frederici if he enjoyed the incident, he noted, “no, well I let her have her fun because she is 93 years old.”
Medical reports and the victim’s daughter noted she has suffered from dementia and cognitive impairment since at least 2012.
