Personal support worker accused of sexually assaulting numerous elderly female patients

A 51-year-old personal support worker faces five additional sexual assault charges after police say he violated numerous elderly woman under his care at a hospital and seniors’ centre near Toronto.

York Regional police re-arrested Soja Zadeh, also known as Shojaadin Mohammad-Zadeh, of Newmarket, Ont., in connection with several elderly female patients he cared for at Mackenzie Health hospital in Richmond Hill and a senior citizens’ apartment complex in Aurora, Ont.

Zadeh was previously charged with one count of sexual assault in February after police alleged an 88-year-old woman was violated between August and October of last year at the hospital.

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Investigators issued multiple production orders to the hospital to obtain information about the accused’s identity and determined there were other alleged victims at Mackenzie Health.

Police said they believed there may also be additional alleged victims outside of the hospital, as Zadeh began working as a personal support worker with Community and Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS) in Aurora and various other undisclosed facilities.

After Zadeh’s arrest on Jan. 31, police released a photo of the accused and said two additional alleged victims came forward from CHATS and a senior’s apartment complex in the Yonge Street and St. John’s Sideroad area of Aurora.

Zadeh turned himself in to police on Tuesday and has since been charged with five additional counts of sexual assault and one count of assault. Police said the investigation is ongoing. He was scheduled to appear in a Newmarket court on Tuesday.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigation Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7441, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave an anonymous tip online at http://www.1800222tips.com, or text your tip by sending TIPYORK and your message to CRIMES (274637) starting with the word YORK.