NORWICH – A number of county agencies are working toward a solution to help an 85-year-old man who was arrested at his nursing home for public lewdness.
The elderly man, Leonard Bentley, was a resident at The Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin and was arrested by sheriff’s deputies Friday after the staff contacted police and filed a complaint. Bentley was charged with a class B misdemeanor for exposing himself to residents at the facility.
Town of New Berlin Justice Joseph Brillinger remanded him to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $1,000 cash bail following his arrest Oct. 3.
The county jail reported Thursday morning that Bentley was still being held.
Assistant District Attorney James P. Chamberlain said the DA’s office had intentions to release Bentley yesterday.
Chamberlain said he was working out release arrangements for the “elderly gentleman,” who may suffer from dementia, when concerns were raised on the defendant’s behalf by his counsel regarding his personal safety and the safety of others because he apparently had nowhere to go.
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