Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Anthony Caputo, Director of the New Brunswick Police Department, announced today that a
registered nurse has been arrested and charged in two separate incidents involving patients at a hospital emergency room.
Wilber Hernandez, 29, of Perth Amboy was arrested on July 13, 2017 and was charged with one count of sexual assault in the second degree and one count of criminal sexual assault in the fourth degree arising from an incident on June 29, 2017 with a 74-year-old female patient.
He was also charged with one count of criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree and lewdness, a disorderly persons offense, arising from an incident that occurred on October 13, 2016 involving a 49-year old female patient.
Hernandez, who had been employed as a registered nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick.
He has been suspended from his job pending the outcome of the charges. Hernandez has been employed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital since July 25, 2016.
He is also suspended from his employment at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick and Maxim Healthcare Services in North Brunswick.
Prior to his current employment, Hernandez was employed as a registered nurse at Jersey City Medical Hospital, Hackensack Regional Medical Center, and St. Josephs Regional Medical Center in Patterson.
Hernandez was charged during an investigation by Detective Erika DiMarcello of the New Brunswick Police Department and Detective Oscar Ayala of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
The investigation is active and is continuing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Oscar Ayala of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3600 or Detective Erika DiMarcello of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5200.