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« Whitehouse, community groups want end to war/ Photo | Today | Burrillville schools open for now » September 4, 2007Two ex-nursing home officials due to plead in courtPROVIDENCE -- Two former Hillside Health Center officials are expected to plead tomorrow to state charges of embezzlement, conspiracy to commit embezzlement and patient neglect, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch's office said today. Antonio L. Giordano, 33, and John Montecalvo, 68, are expected to makes their pleas in an agreement by live video conference from federal prison in Fort Dix, N.J., where they are serving federal sentences, according to a news release from the Rhode Island Judiciary. The attorney general's office said it would not announce details of the plea agreement. The pleas will be accepted in courtroom 9 of Providence County Superior Court at 1 p.m. after the men's indictments on 35 counts each in August last year. That courtroom is typically used for video conferences involving inmates at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston. A majority of the state charges accuse the two men of directing federal money to the mortgage company and then loaning the money back to Hillside at twice the interest rate the federal government was charging. The indictment also asserts the men in January 2002 took a $400,000 Medicaid check and did not deposit it into the nursing home's operating account but, rather, deposited it for personal use into an account at the mortgage company. Montecalvo is alleged to have "intentionally failed to provide treatment and care" to 10 patients at Hillside between September 2003 and March 2004, the state indictment said. Giordano, who operated the home, and Montecalvo, his chief financial officer, were sentenced last year to federal charges. Giordano admitted in the federal case last year that he diverted more than $780,000 in federal money to a company run by his daughter. Giordano was sentened in the federal case to 2 1/2 years in federal prison and Montecalvo to two years. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with Journal archival reports The judiciary statement said the televised court action will save taxpayers the money it would have cost to bring the defendants to Rhode Island for the hearing abd back to Fort Dix. Hillside Health Center went into receivership in March 2004. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsBob Coia | September 4, 2007 8:18 PM link After reading this article, I thought about how the United States treats their elderly. What services did the residence of Hillside not receive, because the people entrusted to operate the facility were using funds inappropriately. It is amazing how greed can take over morality. Kathleen Verity | September 5, 2007 7:53 AM link I am happy to see legal proceedings against the Hillisde owners continue. But I have wondered from the outset of this case about the inability of the state to prosecute these men for murder- as people died needlessly and painfully in their care. Fortunately, I saw the care going down hill early on and took my Mom home- March 2000 -- . My Mom had only been a patient there for 5 months. But the news about Hillside's poor care did not even reach the newspapers until long after that. Betty M Gordon | September 5, 2007 9:23 AM link I am happy to see legal proceedings against the Hillisde owners continue. But I have wondered from the outset of this case about the inability of the state to prosecute these men for murder- as people died needlessly and painfully in their care. Fortunately, I saw the care going down hill early on and took my Mom home- March 2000 -- . My Mom had only been a patient there for 5 months. But the news about Hillside's poor care did not even reach the newspapers until long after that. This, despite the fact I had reported my Mom's treatment March 2000. There is alot of guilt to go around here. Betty M Gordon | September 5, 2007 9:29 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Could someone please explain to me why no doctors or nursing supervisors were charged in Germaine Morsilli's death?