Grand Junction Police Division
On the evening that Christopher Peter Lambros was first reported to authorities, a colleague had gone right into a affected person’s room on the intensive care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, and located the lights off and the curtain drawn, in keeping with a possible trigger affidavit.
“When she pulled again the curtain she noticed the affected person, who was unconscious, along with her robe pulled up, exposing her breasts, and the mattress sheet was pulled down, exposing the affected person’s genitals,” the affidavit states. “[The witness] stated she noticed a nurse, who she knew as Chris Lambros, along with his head on the affected person’s abdomen, along with his face towards the affected person’s toes, with what she believed [was] his proper arm prolonged, holding what she was positive was an unknown make/mannequin mobile phone in a black case, ready as if he was taking a ‘selfie’ image.”
Lambros, 61, was arrested on Oct. 25 and charged with three counts of sexual assault involving penetration of a sufferer unable to consent, court docket paperwork present.
When requested in regards to the alleged selfie incident, police say Lambros denied taking any photos and stated he had “petty office points” with the colleague who stated she had caught him. Officers then seized his telephone, however Lambros refused to present investigators the pin to unlock the gadget, authorities stated.
After acquiring a search warrant, a digital forensic evaluation of the telephone discovered “pictures and movies of Lambros posing with numerous victims who had been unconscious, within the hospital setting,” the affidavit stated. “Lambros was photographing himself sucking on victims’ breasts and digitally penetrating victims,” the doc states.
In a single June video, Lambros will be heard whispering to the digital camera saying “Don’t ever do away with these movies” and “You have to preserve them perpetually… that is your Dexter assortment,” the affidavit provides. The phrase might be a reference to the eponymous serial killer within the TV present Dexter, a fictional bloodstain professional who retains blood slides from his victims as trophies.
The digital forensic evaluation additionally discovered that 168 photographs and movies had been deleted from the telephone between April 30 and July 9, the latter date being the day that Lambros was reported for the alleged selfie incident.
“What this former nurse is accused of is reprehensible and goes towards all the pieces we consider and worth at St. Mary’s Medical Middle,” stated Bryan Johnson, the hospital’s president, Legislation & Crime studies. “Sufferers put their belief in us and may really feel secure in our care. We're working intently with regulation enforcement to guard our sufferers from those that intend to trigger hurt. We're doing all the pieces attainable to make sure our sufferers proceed to really feel secure and revered whereas receiving care at St. Mary’s Medical Middle.”