MONSEY — A New Jersey man was charged Friday with forcibly
touching a wheelchair-bound woman at a Maple Avenue nursing home, police said.
Abraham Mashinsky, 23, of Lakewood, N.J., is believed to
have entered the Northern Metropolitan Nursing Home on Thursday night.
Investigators said that once inside, he engaged a 31-year-old handicapped
resident in conversation and later subjected her to forcible touching.
Mashinsky, who had been staying at his father’s Waverly
Place home during the Jewish holidays, fled the building after being confronted
by staff, said Sgt. Charles Edwards.
Police searched the grounds of the home at 225 Maple Ave.,
but where unable to locate Mashinsky on Thursday night, Edwards said.
While investigating the case Friday, a Ramapo police officer
recognized Mashinsky as the suspect in the nursing home incident and placed him
under arrest.
Mashinsky was arraigned in Ramapo Town Court, where he was
charged with forcible touching, a misdemeanor, Edwards said. Mashinsky was
released without bail. He is to return to court at 10 a.m. Oct. 3.
Edwards said an order of protection was issued preventing
Mashinsky from contacting his alleged victim.
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