That’s what the following press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department says, “contact with the resident of an insulting nature.”
That, plus “gaining unauthorized possession of her medication for his own personal use,” got Harvard’s 25-year old Jeremiah Healls arrested for aggravated battery.
Here’ is the police department’s press release:
On Saturday, May 15th, 2010, officers of the Crystal Lake Police Department responded to the Fair Oaks Health Care Center, located at 471 W. Terra Cotta Avenue regarding an incident that involved a resident there (age 92).
It was determined that an employee; Jeremiah J. Healless, (25) of 306 N. Eastman Street, Harvard, IL, a Certified Nurse’s Assistant, had made contact with the resident of an insulting nature, and gained unauthorized possession of her medication for his own personal use.Jeremiah Healless
Healless was arrested and charged with one count of Aggravated Battery, (a class 3 Felony, due to the age of the victim) and was transferred to the McHenry County Jail.
Crystal Lake Police continue to investigate this matter, and further charges may be pending.
I have no inside info on this case, but the “Contact of an Insulting Nature” charge is a subsection of the Battery statute. We generally use it when there is no physical injury, but unwanted sexual touching occurs without removing or rearranging the victim’s clothing. It’s “aggravated”, thus a Felony, because the victim must have been over 65.