2 Nurses Are Charged in Death at Juvenile Jail
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Two nurses at a juvenile jail were charged with murder, accused of failing to treat a 17-year-old inmate who died of a burst appendix after three days in pain.
A Miami-Dade County grand jury said the women skipped examinations or falsified medical records on Omar Paisley, who spent his last days “in agony lying on a concrete bed.”
Following a nine-month investigation, the grand jury noted that the state Department of Juvenile Justice is immune to criminal indictments. The panel called for changes at the jail to “prevent another unnecessary death.”
The nurses, Gaile Tucker Loperfido and Dianne Marie Demeritte, were expected to surrender today. They face up to nine years in prison if convicted.
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