Jacob Daniel Hartman, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, California, is accused of sexually assaulting a unconscious patient. (Mug shot: Riverside Police Department; Hospital: Google Maps)
A nurse at a hospital in Riverside, California, was arrested after a patient accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was unconscious.
The victim told detectives with the Riverside Police Department’s Sexual Assault-Child Abuse (SACA) unit that she had been admitted to the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in mid-January and had received treatment for several days.
She said a male nurse sexually assaulted her when she was unconscious. Detectives identified the suspect as 27-year-old Jacob Daniel Hartman. Cops arrested him on Wednesday on on sexual assault charges, including sexual battery of an unconscious person, police said Friday in a press release. They took him to the Robert Presley Detention Center where he has since posted a $55,000 bond. Further details about the case were not released.
“Given the nature of these crimes, SACA Detectives believe there may be other victims who have not come forward yet,” the Riverside Police Department said.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation should contact Det. Daniel Suarez at [email protected] or (951) 353-7120.
The hospital released the following statement.
“At Kaiser Permanente, safe and high-quality care are always our top priorities,” the statement said. “As soon as we learned of this serious accusation, we immediately cooperated with law enforcement and started an internal investigation. At this time, the individual is no longer employed by Kaiser Permanente.”
According to Hartman’s LinkedIn page, he said he’s worked at the Kaiser Permanente in Riverside since 2018 as a health educator. He also said he worked at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Irvine and Ontario, California from 2015 to 2018.
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