7 employees under suspension at Allegheny County-run Kane nursing homes, sources say

After the arrest of two employees, there’s an expanding investigation into the Allegheny County-run Kane nursing homes.

Two employees of the Kane Community Living Centers have been arrested for theft of county funds and five others have reportedly been suspended pending the outcome of a widening corruption investigation.

It started with grass cutting. Maintenance workers get extra money for cutting grass, what is called “tractor time.” According to the criminal complaint, between June and September, worker Patrick McGough put in for 196 hours of tractor time, which surveillance cameras showed he never worked. McGough has been arrested and charged with theft by deception and has been suspended without pay…

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