Napping nurse to get jail time for patient death

Published October 10, 2014 7:02am ET



DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) — A 35-year-old nurse from suburban Syracuse has admitted sleeping on the job, leading to the death of a group home resident who received inadequate oxygen overnight.

Tanya Lemon pleaded guilty Thursday to felony endangering the welfare of a disabled person. As part of a plea deal, she admitted routinely sleeping on the job at the state-run Briarwood Lane group home in DeWitt.

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