Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the resolution of two criminal cases in central Ohio that were investigated by his office. Jackie Little, 48, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to one count of theft, a second-degree felony, and one count of theft from a person of a protected class, a third-degree felony. She was immediately sentenced and is required to pay restitution to the victims, totaling $1.14 million. Little also was sentenced to four years in prison, which will be suspended upon the completion of five years of community control and other treatment measures. While employed as the business manager of the Laurels of Hilliard nursing home, Little stole more than $1 million dollars from residents’ funds and insurance payments.
Aminata Fofana, a former nurse at Capri Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lewis Center, was sentenced in Delaware County Common Pleas Court to three years of probation. She must surrender her nursing license and is prohibited from working or volunteering in any capacity with sick or elderly patients. On Jan. 17, Fofana pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, a third-degree felony, in the death of a 72-year-old male patient. Fofana had cleaned the man’s tracheotomy tube but failed to reconnect his oxygen afterward. The patient was found dead by another nurse about an hour later.
