Second Centennial nursing home employee surrenders to police

CENTENNIAL — The second employee at a Centennial nursing home facing criminal charges related to the treatment of a 92-year-old resident who suffered a broken leg surrendered to law enforcement on Thursday, Denver7 Investigates has learned.

Zainab Namale, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) is one of two employees of Orchard Park Health Care Center, 6005 S. Holly St., who were arrested by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.

Both Namale and Patience Jackson, a certified nursing assistant (CNA), both face felony charges that include criminal negligence and crimes against an at-risk person after 92-year-old Vilma McGuire Ohlen was taken to the hospital with two broken bones in her leg last month.

Jackson was taken into custody Wednesday at her Aurora home after sheriff’s deputies went to the nursing home…

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