JEFFERSON, Ohio — A former caregiver at a Conneaut assisted living facility has pleaded guilty to raping multiple elderly residents, according to a release from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office.
Thirty-six-year-old Wayde Shankle, of Ashtabula, admitted Wednesday to two first-degree felony counts of rape. Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas E. Harris immediately sentenced Shankle to between eight and 12 years in prison.
A grand jury indicted Shankle back in July for sexually assaulting two residents at Villa on the Lake in 2024. Shankle worked at the facility as a nurse’s aide, and prosecutors confirmed one of the victims was a patient in the memory-care unit…