Disturbing Details Emerge In Case Of Yorktown Nursing Home Housekeeper Accused Of Raping Dementia Patient: DA

YORKTOWN, NY — Disturbing new details have emerged in the case of a Yorktown nursing home housekeeper accused of raping a dementia patient.

Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Thursday that a housekeeper at the Yorktown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was arrested and charged with several felonies for allegedly raping a resident with severe dementia at the facility.

Javier E. Barragan, 48, of Yorktown, was arraigned over the weekend in Yorktown Justice Court on felony second-degree rape, and felony first-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.

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"The defendant is accused of taking advantage of an individual with dementia so severe she was incapable of consenting to his conduct," Cacace said. "My heart breaks for the victim and what she suffered through. I am so proud of the nursing assistant in this case, whose interventions spared the victim further trauma and helped bring the defendant to justice. She has our entire community's thanks and gratitude."

According to a deposition filed with the court, on Feb. 21, around 7 a.m., a nursing assistant was making her final rounds when she came to a room where the door had been left open and the bed privacy curtains had been drawn. She said that when she began to enter the room, she heard moaning and/or grunting sounds. The nursing assistant said that after pulling back the curtains, she saw Barragan on the bed with a patient, "actively engaging in sexual intercourse with her."

The case was investigated by the Yorktown Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Child and Elder Abuse Bureau Chief Owein Levin.