Canfield nursing home caregiver indicted, accused of putting out cigarette on patient
The Mahoning County Grand Jury handed down an indictment against a nursing home caregiver, accused of putting out a cigarette on a patient's arm.
According to a police report, on June 29th the patient was smoking a cigarette outside a nursing home on Skyline Drive in Canfield.
The report states that employee Banjo Adebayo Akande, 37, pulled up to the nursing home in his car, got out, and yelled at the patient for smoking. Akande allegedly took the cigarette from the patient and put it out on the patient's arm. Police say this left a burn mark on the patient.
The report says Akande then asked the patient, "did that hurt?" The patient responded that it did. A supervisor told police that when she confronted Akande about the incident, Akande did not deny that it happened and told her that the patient should not have been smoking.
Police contacted Akande on July 1st. Police say Akande admitted to putting the cigarette out on the patient's arm, claiming he did so as a joke.
The Grand Jury found enough evidence to indict Akande on one count of patient abuse and one count of assault, both fourth degree felonies.
