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May 10, 2006

Update: Nurse guilty of neglect in patient's death / Photo

Journal photo / Bill Murphy
Gloria A. Baillargeon listens as the jury foreman reads the guilty verdict in her felony neglect trial in Superior Court this afternoon. At left is her lawyer, James E. O'Neil.

PROVIDENCE -- A nurse accused of neglecting her patient in a Woonsocket nursing home was found guilty this afternoon of a single count of neglect.

Gloria A. Baillargeon was freed on bail after the Superior Court jury announced its verdict on the charge against her.

Baillargeon, a licensed practical nurse, was accused of felony neglect in the July 2004 death of Emma Morel, a 93-year-old patient at Woonsocket's Oakland Grove Health Care Center.

She is scheduled to be sentenced in July. Defense lawyer James E. O'Neil made a motion for a new trial, which will be considered May 18.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Cynthia Needham

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