MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A woman accused of taking inappropriate photos at a senior living facility in Mocksville faces multiple sex offense charges, and a man has been arrested in connection to the offenses, according to a David County Sheriff’s Office news release.
On Dec. 13, Deputies responded to Mocksville Senior Living on Hospital Street when they were told about an alleged assault between Ronnie Mccoy, 40, of Mocksville, and Cindy Gale Rice, 41, of Mocksville.
“Basically an assault call between the two folks that have now been arrested. They were boyfriend/girlfriend … She was at work. He showed up at work and got into an argument. Left in a car together. Then he wouldn’t let her out of the car, so deputies were following up on that,” Davie County Sheriff JD Hartman said.
Rice was an employee of the facility and worked in the memory care unit.
During the investigation, other staff members showed deputies a video that was sent to them in a group chat from Rice.
The video showed Rice inappropriately touching a patient’s breast. Rice was taken into custody and charged with second-degree forcible sexual offense. She was taken to the Davie County Detention Center and given a $25,000 secured bond.
“Some of them can’t communicate or can’t tell you what exactly is going on or even have any knowledge of what is going on. So they’re really the most vulnerable population, and that’s what really makes it so sad,” Hartman said.
Rice’s cell phone was seized, and a search warrant was obtained for the phone. DCSO detectives then began to go through the images and texts on the cell phone, and multiple images of female patients were found on the phone.
These photographs showed female patients fully nude taking showers and female patients partially nude using the restroom. Detectives were also able to retrieve text messages between Rice and another person that showed them sharing the images with each other.
The text messages also indicated that the second person was asking for and directing types of photographs to be taken and sent to him.
Detectives met with management from Mocksville Senior Living multiple times who helped them identify victims and victim family contacts.
In total, nine victims were identified from the images. Detectives also obtained additional charges on Rice.
Rice was charged with:
Rice received no bond on the new charges due to having pending charges and is being held in the Davie County Detention Center.
Mccoy was charged with eight counts of accessory before the fact for his participation.
He was given no bond due to having pending charges and is being held in the Davie County Detention Center.
The sheriff’s office has been in contact with the North Carolina Department of Health and human Services about this case.
“They have some management or inspection roles related to residential facilities and care facilities. So they have been involved. We’ve spoken with them. They’re doing their part … Everybody’s cooperating,” Hartman said.
The NCDHHS confirmed they are aware of this incident and law enforcement’s involvement.
The NCDHHS and Davie County Department of Social Services staff were onsite at Mocksville Senior Living & Memory Care just days after deputies initially responded.
They were there from Dec. 17 to Dec. 19. The inspection resulted in the issuance of a Statement of Deficiency with Plan of Correction.
County departments of social services conduct routine monitoring of adult care homes to ensure compliance with state law and conduct complaint investigations. A spokesperson with the NCDHHS said the NCDHHS cannot comment on complaints, investigations or possible investigations.
The manager at Mocksville Senior Living & Memory Care declined to comment on the investigation.