CENTENNIAL — One employee at a nursing home in Centennial is in custody Wednesday and faces several criminal charges connected with the treatment of a 92-year-old resident who suffered a broken leg. A warrant is out for a second employee.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office conducted the arrest at the home of the suspect, identified as Patience Jackson, a certified nursing assistant (CNA). Both Jackson and the person with an active warrant are employees of Orchard Park Health Care Center, located at 6005 S. Holly St. in Centennial.
The second employee, identified as Zainab Namale, a licensed practical nurse (LPN), has promised law enforcement that she will surrender in 24 hours.
On Thursday afternoon, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said Namale turned herself in at the county detention facility.
The employees are facing felony charges, including criminal negligence and crimes against an at-risk person related to injuries suffered by 92-year-old Vilma McGuire Ohlen, an Orchard Park Health Care Center resident who was taken to the hospital with two broken bones in her leg last month.
Denver7 obtained a video of the arrest on Wednesday, which you can watch below.
A social worker from Sky Ridge Medical Center alerted McGuire Ohlen's family of some concerns regarding her care at Orchard Park. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office investigated and found that the facility's story given to police was not consistent with the injuries sustained by the victim.
The arrest affidavits for both Jackson and Namale state that they, along with the facility's director of nursing, provided statements to law enforcement that did not coincide with evidence and the Sky Ridge Medical Center staff said the McGuire Ohlen's injuries did not align with the stories that came from the suspects.
It stated that the suspects were "complicit in their actions to hide the truth of what occurred to the victim," the affidavit read.
"I’ve got three different stories at Orchard Health Care that do not make sense to me and are not plausible. That started me on a mission to find out exactly what happened," Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Investigator Erik Van Cleave told Denver7 Investigates. "I think they did something out of their scope of duty, out of their scope of training, out of their scope of standard operating procedure and seriously hurt this 92-year-old female."
Van Cleave told Denver7 Investigates he expects more arrests to come from this incident and is asking anyone with concerns regarding care or treatment at Orchard Park Health Care Center to contact the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office at 720-874-3600.
#BreakingNews Arrest warrants, issued for two nursing home employees. Family of 92 year-old patient wanting to know why their loved one ended up with two broken bones. Lead detective calls this egregious-felony charges filed against both employees. Details @DenverChannel…
— Tony Kovaleski (@TonyKovaleski) June 11, 2025
McGuire Ohlen's family members said they were “stunned” to learn that the staff’s story was not adding up.
“I mean, you feel helpless because you don't know where you can take your family member to be safe,” McGuire Ohlen's stepson Brett Ohlen told Denver7 Investigates in an exclusive interview. He added that they were paying the facility $12,000 per month for his stepmother's care.
Ohlen and his wife both said staff at Orchard Park have not explained to them about what happened that led to Velma’s broken bones, despite multiple requests.
“It was a definite betrayal of trust. And I'm feeling it,” Ohlen said. “This is unbelievable. It's like an onion. And each step is just even more absolutely unbelievable.”
Denver7 Investigates called the Orchard Park Health Care Center asking for comment on Wednesday and were transferred to the voicemail of an administrator. The facility has yet to respond.
