CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — A Rogers County judge has set an April 18 trial date for a former physician assistant at the Claremore Veterans Center near Tulsa who is charged in the neglect-related deaths of two elderly patients.
District Judge Dwayne Steidley on Tuesday scheduled the trial for Kenneth Adams of Fort Gibson, who was indicted by an Oklahoma multicounty grand jury with two felony counts of second-degree murder — or the alternative charge of second-degree manslaughter — and neglect by a caretaker. A not guilty plea has been entered on Adams' behalf.
The indictment alleges Adams committed caretaker neglect in March 2012 that led to the death of 86-year-old Louis Arterberry and of committing caretaker abuse in May 2012 that led to the death of 85-year-old Peter "Jay" Minter.