West Hartford police have arrested three people after a certified nursing aide allegedly hired a prostitute to perform sex acts while he was supposed to be caring for an elderly man, police said.
Police started investigating just after 9 p.m. on Thursday when a resident noticed a suspicious vehicle in a driveway on Glenwood Road.
When officers responded, they found John Erdman, 30, of Bethel, who told officers he was picking up “Jessie” from a house that he could not identify, police said.
Investigators didn’t think Erdman’s story made sense and his GPS was programmed for a house a few hundred feet away, so they went to the home and no one answered, police said.
Then officers noticed Raechelle Carmona, a 26-year-old Cromwell woman, walking toward Erdman’s car.
Her version of the story was that Erdman had given her a ride to see a friend named Johnson, police said.
As officers investigated, they realized there was a warrant for Carmona and Erdman eventually admitted he’d driven her to the area to perform sex acts on a certified nurse’s aide who was working at a home in the area in exchange for part of the proceeds, police said.
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Police identified the certified nurse‘s aide as Richard Sarpong, 27, of East Hartford, who was working for Companions & Homemakers and was supposed to be caring for an elderly man, according to a news release from police.
Police contacted the company and they provided a replacement CNA for the evening.
NBC Connecticut reached out to Companions & Homemakers and the corporate attorney issued the following statement.
“The caregiver is a Connecticut CNA in good standing, that received favorable reports from the family he served. The allegations represent an unacceptable mistake in judgment, if proven,” David Denvir,
counsel for Companions & Homemakers, said.
Carmona was charged with prostitution and failure to appear. She is being held on a $7,500 bond.
Erdman was charged with third-degree promoting prostitution and is being held on $5,000 bond. He has no criminal record was was ordered held on a $10,000 non-surety bond. He was ordered to stay away from the other suspects and is due back in court on March 26.
Sarpong was charged with patronizing a prostitute and is being held on $2,000 bond.
