ORLANDO, Fla. – A former nurse at University Behavioral Health Center in Orlando will spend the next 10- years in prison, adjudicated guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old patient last June.
Fernando Ortiz-Marrero was adjudicated guilty on charges of lewd and lascivious touching of a minor, and sexual assault on a client.
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According to his arrest report, he had started flirting with her when she was admitted on a Baker Act.
The victim recounted several times Ortiz-Marrero allegedly took her into a bathroom and told her to get undressed before groping and kissing her, saying how she felt “frozen,” the affidavit states
On June 28, the girl was alone when investigators say Ortiz-Marrero approached her and told her to get into a bathroom with him again, where he’s accused of forcing her to perform a sex act, the original affidavit states.
Investigators say another staff member reported him.
Ortiz-Marrero will now serve consecutive, 5-year sentences.