How Could You? Hall of Shame-Kelly Zawodniak
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From LaTrobe, Pennsylvania, group home worker Kelly Zawodniak, 31, “has been charged with sexually assaulting two residents, one of whom was a minor.
Police say 31-year-old Kelly Zawodniak sexually assaulted an 18-year-old male last month in the laundry room of the Adelphoi Village group home in Unity Township.
Authorities say she also left letters that were “sexual in nature” on the pillow of a 16-year-old ward at a different group home in Latrobe and tried to hug him in the laundry room.
Troopers say both incidents happened within eight days of Zawodniak starting work there.
Zawodniak faces charges including institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors. She declined to comment on Wednesday.”
Group Home Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting 2 Wards [US News 3/16/17 by AP]
“As the [Adelphoi Village] employee approached the laundry room, they observed the two having sex.
“While she was with this particular person that’s 18-year-old, she was supposed to be supervising them, she went down to the laundry room and while she was in the laundry room they started to have consensual sexual intercourse,” said Trooper Stephen Limani, of Pennsylvania State Police.
While being questioned by the employee, Zawodniak stated, “I am so [expletive] stupid/so [expletive] fired and I can’t lose my kids over this.”
According to the criminal complaint, both the resident and Zawodniak said the incident was consensual.”
“She was there, from what I understand, she was there for eight days. So, in her eight days of employment, she chose two different males, one being 16-years-old, to try and engage them in some type of sexual activity,” Trooper Limani said.
Zawodniak, who state police characterize as a predator, was not in the mood to comment after her preliminary arraignment on Wednesday.
“I don’t wanna talk to anybody, get out of my face, don’t wanna talk to anybody,” she said as she was getting in her vehicle.
She is facing a list of charges including, institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors.
Zawodniak remains free on her on recognizance. If she’s convicted of all the charges, she could face up to 15 years in jail and thousands of dollars in fines.”
Court Adjudicated Youth Home Worker Facing Institutional Sex Assault Charge
[CBS Pittsburgh 3/15/17 by Ross Guidotti]
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