Former Oregon DHS employee sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting woman with disabilities
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Oregon Department of Human Services employee was sentenced to more than two decades in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman with developmental disabilities.
Lebanon resident Zakary Glover, 30, was found by a grand jury to have violated the civil rights of the woman, who has severe autism and cognitive deficits and was under Glover’s care at the time.
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As a Direct Support Crisis Specialist for DHS’ Office of Developmental Disabilities Stabilization and Crisis Unit, Glover took the woman on an outing in a van on Nov. 21, 2021. However, instead of returning her home, he sexually assaulted her multiple times after parking at a dead-end road near an Aumsville cemetery, court documents show.
“Glover’s crimes profoundly betrayed the trust placed in him as a state health care support specialist,” said U.S. Attorney Natalie Wight for the District of Oregon. “We thank our partners at the FBI, Oregon State Police, and Civil Rights Division for their commitment to this victim and the safety of all Oregonians.”
Glover received a 25-year prison sentence with five years of supervised release.
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