PHOENIX – Police in Arizona announced the arrest of Nathan Sutherland, a 36-year-old nurse at Hacienda HealthCare facility, who they accuse of raping…
PHOENIX – Police in Arizona announced the arrest of Nathan Sutherland, a 36-year-old nurse at Hacienda HealthCare facility, who they accuse of raping and impregnating an incapacitated woman in his care.
The woman gave birth to a baby Dec. 29. Staff members told a 911 operator that they had not known she was pregnant.
Phoenix police tied Sutherland to the baby through a court-ordered DNA test administered to employees who had contact with the 29-year-old patient. He was booked into a Maricopa County jail on Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault and vulnerable-adult abuse.
Here’s what we know about Sutherland so far:
Sutherland was born in Haiti. Both he and his sister were adopted and brought to the U. S. in 1989.
His attorney, Dave Gregan, said he has lived in Arizona since 1993. Sutherland became a naturalized citizen in 2011.
Court records show he was living in Gilbert prior to his arrest.
State nursing records show Sutherland completed his certified nursing-assistant training at the now-closed Seven HealthCare Academy in Tempe in 2005. He completed his licensed practical-nurse training at the for-profit Fortis College in Phoenix in 2011.
He passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses in October 2011.
