FORMER TORRANCE STATE HOSPITAL NURSE CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT

A former Torrance State Hospital nurse is now charged with sexually assaulting a patient.  The Trib reports that the reported encounters between a patient in the mid-20s and 40-year-old Dana Coxon were recorded on a cellphone that Coxon provided the patient and was later found by police.  The patient was in a program designed for criminal sex offenders.  Coxon was arraigned on Tuesday on charges of institutional sexual assault and contraband.  Bail was set at $100,000 and she is now being held in Westmoreland County Prison.  A preliminary hearing is set for March 4th.