A former nursing assistant at a P.G. acute care facility is arrested on felony charges of sexual assault.

by Pam Marino 

A former caregiver at Forest Hill Manor, a skilled nursing facility in Pacific Grove, was arrested on felony charges for the alleged sexual assaults of three elderly patients, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Aug. 14.

Paul Nkoy Lumbi, Jr., 60, is alleged to have committed the assaults while working as a certified nursing assistant at Forest Hill, owned and operated by BVHC, LLC. (Forest Hill is located inside the Pacific Grove Senior Living building, which is overseen by a different company, Heritage Resource Group.)

A felony complaint was filed in Monterey County Superior Court on Aug. 7, charging Lumbi with multiple felony counts related to the sexual assault of the victims, including forcible lewd acts on a dependent adult, forcible rape and rape of a person incapable of giving consent, according to a press release.

The complaint filed in Superior Court alleges two of the victims were assaulted in July of last year and a third was assaulted on March 15. Two of the victims were listed as 82 years old, an age was not listed for the third. There are seven counts total, six with special allegations attached.

The assault of an 82-year-old in March came with four counts for forcible lewd act on a dependent adult, forcible rape, rape of a person incapable of giving consent and lewd act on a dependent adult. The special allegations attached to three of the counts ranged from committing an offense against multiple victims, to use of force and violent crime on a vulnerable person.

Two counts are for an assault on another 82-year-old patient on July 7, 2024. Those counts are for forcible lewd acts on a dependent adult and a lewd act on a dependent adult. Those came with similar special allegations.

A final count for a lewd act on a dependent adult is related to an alleged assault on a different patient on July 25, 2024.

The counts and special allegations came with possible prison sentences totaling over 100 years.

Lumbi worked at other facilities throughout Monterey County prior to working at Forest Hill, the press release states, including more recently at Cypress Ridge Care Center in Monterey.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 9.

Bonta is encouraging anyone with information regarding accusations of sexual misconduct against Lumbi to submit a complaint to the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse at oag.ca.gov/dmfea/reporting.

“Caregivers have a responsibility to treat those in their care with compassion and dignity,” Bonta said. “Sexual assault is always unacceptable and assaulting an individual during one of the most vulnerable and difficult periods of their life reaches a new low.”

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