Authorities: Nursing assistant sexually assaulted disabled person

A certified nursing assistant has been accused of sexually assaulting a resident at a facility for people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Miguel Palacios, 26, of Harvey, is charged with felony aggravated criminal sexual assault of a person with an intellectual disability; felony aggravated criminal sexual assault of a person with a physical disability and unlawful restraint, according to DuPage County court records.

On Wednesday, a judge agreed to have Palacios held in jail.

According to prosecutors’ petition to detain Palacios, a nurse at Alden Village in Bloomingdale called police to report a man was being sexually assaulted around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday.

The victim does not speak, and is unable to move because he has quadriplegia paralysis, according to the petition.

Palacios’ next court date is March 23.