NJ group home worker convicted of faking, stealing medical records to cover mistake
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on April 03, 2014 at 12:24 PM, updated April 03, 2014 at 12:38 PM
Judge Stuart Peim in the Union County Courthouse in a file photo. Joy Ebuzor-Onayemi, 48, was convicted of third-degree burglary and fourth-degree falsifying medical records, following several hours of jury deliberation after a five-day trial before state Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim in Union County.
In 2011, Ebuzor-Onayemi worked at a Berkeley Heights residence for people with developmental disabilities, where she took patients' blood pressure readings. On one occasion, though, she failed to follow protocol after taking an abnormally high reading, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Tomlinson, who prosecuted the case.
Ebuzor-Onayemi called a doctor instead of calling 911, an infraction that was uncovered by the management. But in the days leading up to a disciplinary hearing, she altered the medical record to cover up her misstep, Tomlinson said.
Ebuzor-Onayemi was fired on April 8, 2011, and after leaving the company's headquarters she drove back to the group home, broke in, and stole the records implicating her, according to Tomlinson.
The group home was managed by Our House Inc., a New Providence-based non-profit organization that provides residential, employment and recreational services to people with developmental disabilities.
Sentencing in the case has been scheduled for May 16.
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