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NANTICOKE &mdash; City police charged a nurse at Birchwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center with striking an elderly patient with a phone and pouring soda on her clothes.
				Carmen Michelle Alaofin, 53, address listed as a hotel on Elmira Street, Sayre, was immediately removed from the facility on Middle Road after the alleged incident on Jan. 19, according to court records.
				Police said the victim, a woman recovering from a stroke, sustained a head injury near her eye. Her husband, also a patient in the same room, allegedly witnessed the incident.
				According to the criminal complaint:
				A son to the couple called police after being notified by a Birchwood nursing supervisor of his mother&rsquo;s claims of being assaulted by a nurse. The son told police the supervisor suggested they handle the incident in-house but police said the supervisor later filed a report with them.
				Police said during an interview with the woman, she reported the incident began with a verbal argument with Alaofin.
				She claimed her husband returned to Birchwood after a stay at a hospital and Alaofin was placing her husband&rsquo;s items on her table and drawers. She told police she advised Alaofin she was placing everything in the wrong place and mixing up her husband&rsquo;s items with her items.
				Police in the complaint said the woman reported Alaofin yelled, &ldquo;Ok, what are you going to do? I&rsquo;m not going to be treated like a dog.&rdquo;
				The woman claimed Alaofin became enraged and struck her head several times with a landline phone above her right eye. She also claimed Alaofin pulled down her face mask and spat in her face, and bent her left thumb and left index finger, the complaint says.
				During the alleged assault, the woman&rsquo;s husband yelled at Alaofin to stop.
				Alaofin allegedly poured cups of soda over her nightgown and pulled the landline phone from the wall before leaving the room.
				A nurse aide was inside the room and filled out a report alleging Alaofin was verbally aggressive toward the woman.
				Police said the woman was transported to a hospital for injuries above her right eye and a sprain to her left hand.
				The landline phone used in the alleged assault was cracked on its sides and front.
				Police said Alaofin failed to appear for a scheduled interview with the investigating detective.
				Alaofin was charged with neglect of care of a dependent person, simple assault, reckless endangerment and strikes, shoves, kicks or attempts to threaten a dependent person. The charges were filed Monday with District Judge Donald Whittaker in Nanticoke and mailed to Alaofin.
				A preliminary hearing is scheduled May 5 in Luzerne County Central Court.

Nanticoke police charge nurse with assaulting patient at nursing home