Ohio man sentenced in nursing home sex abuse (The State)


A former night shift nurse accused of sexually abusing patients at northwest Ohio nursing homes entered a plea arrangement to avoid trial and has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. John Riems entered an Alford plea Friday evening to four counts of sexual battery and one count of gross sexual imposition. In an Alford plea, a defendant acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction ...

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