Nursing aide accused of sexually assault at Massillon center deemed fit to stand trial
CANTON – A former assisted-living worker accused of sexually assaulting three residents at The Inn at University Village in Massillon is mentally competent to stand trial.
Tiara Ford, 23, of Canton, now heads for a final pre-trial hearing in July in Stark County Common Pleas Court, according to court records.
Judge Kristin Farmer had ordered psychological and competency evaluations to determine whether Ford is fit to stand trial.
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Both concluded Ford is competent, according to court filings.
Ford was indicted by a Stark County grand jury in March on felony counts of rape and gross sexual imposition.
Alleged assaults at The Inn at University Village
Ford is accused of sexually assaulting at least three residents at the Inn at Village University between December 2019 and December 2021.
Ford used her cellphone to record the acts on one female and two male residents, according to records filed in the case by prosecutors. She told police the residents had Alzheimer's or dementia, according to the records.
Ford was arrested in March by Massillon police following a two-week investigation into her employment as a state tested nursing aide.
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