Crimes Nearby: 'Abusive' Photos Taken of Local Nursing Home Patients

Three Village/Port Jefferson
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Wednesday that two certified nurses' aides have been charged with taking gruesome, illegal photographs of 11 patients at a trio of area nursing homes.

The A.G. reported that the aides, both Centereach residents, violated the patients' privacy and trust, taking photos of one patient's bedsore, a video of a dementia patient "riveted with fear," and other instances Schneiderman called "abusive and alarming."

Schneiderman said the 11 incidents occurred at Jefferson's Ferry in South Setauket, the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook, and Woodhaven Nursing Home in Port Jefferson Station.

The two nurses, 25-year-old David Rover and 23-year-old Thomas Mocera, were both arraigned in a 15-count indictment – all felony charges – on Tuesday in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Rover is charged with seven counts of unlawful surveillance, one count of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image and two counts of offering a false instrument for filing. Mocera is charged with five counts of unlawful surveillance. Each count carries a sentence of 15 months to 4 years imprisonment.

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Commack
Man Arrested After Allegedly Stalking Commack Student
Suffolk County Police arrested a man accused of stalking a Commack High School student, the school district announced Friday.

According to district officials, a high school student reported to a security guard that a man was standing by her car in the parking lot on May 9. The student told the security guard that she was familiar with man and that he had bothered her in the past.

The security guard asked the man to leave the property, which he did, school officials said. The girl’s family followed the incident by filing a complaint with police. Police said the man returned to the school the next day and was seen in the hallway walking among students.

Dayo Chou, 31, of Northport, was arrested on May 10 on charges related to stalking in the fourth degree. Chou was also charged with trespassing and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree for carrying prescription drugs that police said were not prescribed to him.

The school district printed the following statement on its website after the initial incident May 9: “The District’s main concern is the safety of our students and in conjunction with our security personnel and other staff, we will continue to do everything in our power to assure student and staff safety at all times. Should you encounter any suspicious persons on school grounds, or anyplace else, please contact the police immediately.”