On Sunday, June 16th, a report of sex abuse involving a patient and employee at a Grants Pass nursing home was received by the Grants Pass Police Department, and a subsequent investigation by Grants Pass Police Major Crimes Unit detectives was conducted with the assistance of the nursing home management who initiated the investigation.
The investigation determined the suspect, 28 year old Michael Anthony Lee, a 6’0” tall, approximately 220 pound male resident of Medford, Oregon, had worked as a care home Certified Nursing Assistant in Grants Pass and Medford over the past three years and had allegedly targeted both female and male elderly victims for sexual assault, and it is anticipated additional victims have not yet been identified.
On Thursday, June 20th, Grants Pass Police detectives arrested Michael Lee at his recent place of employment in Grants Pass and lodged him at the Josephine County Jail on 2 counts of Sex Abuse in the 1st Degree and 2 counts of Attempted Sex Abuse in the 1st Degree.
The Grants Pass Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying additional victims. Anyone with information on the criminal acts or identity of additional victims is asked to call Grants Pass Police Detectives at 541-450-6260.
