A New Jersey man who oversaw a suburban Philadelphia nursing home pleaded no contest Wednesday to endangering three residents who before dying suffered health complications because of inadequate staffing levels, prosecutors said.
The defendant, Chaim “Charlie” Steg, 40, of Lakewood, had been regional operations director for the St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Darby. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
The case involves patients who died in 2017 of a massive colon infection and dehydration; severe dehydration and septic shock; and severe late-stage pressure wounds and a bacterial infection.
One staffing coordinator told investigators she reported employee shortages 40 times, said Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
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A Lakewood man who managed a nursing home in Darby, Pennsylvania, pleaded no contest Wednesday to endangering three residents who died as a result of the understaffing of the facility, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
Chaim “Charlie” Steg, 40, the former regional operations director of St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, pleaded to three counts of recklessly endangering another person. Under the plea agreement, he will be sentenced to six to 23 months of house arrest followed by three years probation and will be required to pay $15,000 in restitution to the families of the victims, the Office of the Attorney General said.
The defendant, Chaim "Charlie" Steg, 40, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been regional operations director for the St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Darby. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless endangerment.