Two care facility workers are facing prison time for sharing inappropriate Snapchat recordings of elderly residents. The flagged content included videos of the residents’ private areas and footage of the workers ridiculing deceased individuals under their care.
Logan County’s Assistant District Attorney, Matthew Adams, informed Oxygen that on June 30, both McKenzie Bolfa and Aubrey Granata were handed 10-year prison terms. This followed their guilty pleas on counts of conspiracy and abuse of the elderly.
Adams elaborated that after completing this decade-long incarceration for conspiracy, the two will enter a probation period of an additional 10 years related to the elder abuse charges. During this probation, they must adhere to several conditions, such as undergoing mental health evaluations, engaging in community service, and submitting to random drug tests.
Furthermore, while incarcerated, they are obliged to participate in a drug offender rehabilitation program, as part of their sentencing agreement, Adams stated.
Meanwhile, another employee, Jade Williams, has already commenced a 12-year prison sentence. Her conviction stems from similar charges of elder abuse and conspiracy, as noted by Law & Crime.
Employees at Golden Age Nursing Home Sent Disturbing Snapchats
The investigation began after a former employee of the Golden Age Nursing Home in Guthrie, Okla. reached out to police after receiving a disturbing Snapchat video from Williams, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law & Crime.
The video—filmed by Williams—showed Bolfa twisting the pubic hair of a female patient, laying motionless, while Granata could be heard laughing in the background, per the court records. The caption for the video read “give me a mohawk.”
Bolfa later told police, per the affidavit, that she had just been cleaning up the patient after she’d gone to the bathroom on herself and requested help from Williams and Granata. Though she denied any knowledge of a video, she said she and the patient were joking around together.
Guthrie Police Chief Don Sweger told KFOR after the arrests that although the women offered “excuses” it “didn’t really match up with the evidence that we uncovered.”
A search of the women’s phones produced more videos, including videos of patients going to the bathroom or images of their genitals or breasts, according to the court records. In one video Bolfa was seen laying next to a dead patient, mocking the woman’s facial expression, authorities said.
Sweger called it “probably one of the saddest things” he’d seen.
“We take service to everybody very responsibly,” he said, “but especially for those who don’t have a voice for themselves.”
The Golden Age Nursing Home said that all of their employees have passed background checks and received training on patient care, according to the Guthrie News Page. The three employees involved in the incidents were fired as soon as the nursing home became aware of the incidents.
“Golden Age Nursing Home endeavors to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents. Upon receiving information related to certain allegations against its employees, the facility began working with local law enforcement and other appropriate authorities to respond,” Director Tandie Hastings added in a statement to KFOR in 2024. “We are committed to protecting the privacy and safety of the residents and families involved and will continue to keep them updated with any developments related to this matter.”
Oxygen reached out to the nursing home after the recent sentences, but did not receive an immediate response.