Overview
- A patient at Carrollton Regional Medical Center reported waking to unwanted sexual contact and identified 46-year-old patient care technician Ernest Ussin Jr., leading detectives to obtain a warrant and arrest him on November 3.
- Ussin was booked on one count of indecent assault by a health care or mental health provider, a state jail felony, and he is in custody pending transfer to the Denton County Jail.
- Detectives say they believe there may be additional victims and have provided the Carrollton Police Department Criminal Investigations Division phone line at 972-466-3293 for anyone with information.
- Police state the alleged incidents appear to have occurred inside the hospital and that there is no known ongoing threat to the wider public as the active investigation continues.
- The charge is an allegation and Ussin is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and investigators warn that the probe could lead to further charges if other victims come forward.