Contract Nurse Charged with Sex Offenses in Phelps County

A contract nurse working at an unidentified medical facility in Rolla is being accused of sexually assaulting a patient.

Police Chief William Loughridge says a report of the alleged assault at the facility in the 1000 block of West 10^th Street was received last Friday with the subsequent investigation identifying 42-year-old James Todd, of Ripley, Tennessee, as the suspect.

Todd was arrested and is charged with two counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, one count of first-degree rape or attempted rape and one count of fist-degree sexual abuse.

Todd is being held without bond in the Phelps County Jail.