HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH LOCKING COWORKER IN FREEZER

A former Westmoreland Hospital employee is charged with locking a female co-worker who has special needs in a walk-in freezer when they were working in the hospital’s dietary department.  The Trib reports that 25-year-old Nick Casper of South Greensburg was charged by police with locking the victim in the freezer for three to five minutes at a time.   He was charged Tuesday with false imprisonment and harassment, both misdemeanors.  This marks the second time this week that former employees of the Greensburg hospital were charged by police.  On Tuesday, two others were charged with taking inappropriate videos and photos of patients and sharing them on a cell phone group message.