Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and Plainsboro police Chief Guy Armour on Thursday announced the arrest of 40-year-old patient care technician Richard Smith, of Princeton.
Officials say the investigation determined that Smith lifted the hospital gown of an incapacitated 25-year-old female patient and improperly touched her. Hospital officials called police after being notified of the alleged sexual assault.
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Smith began working at the hospital in May. Prior to that, he was employed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, and earlier, at a private medical practice in Princeton.
Smith is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact.
He is being held on $200,000 bail.
The investigation is active and is continuing, and anyone with information is asked to call the Plainsboro Police Department at (609) 454-4912 or the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3652.