Former Detroit Nurse Sentenced to 10 to 15 Years for Patient Assault
Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios, a former nurse at Detroit’s Sinai-Grace Hospital, has been sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a patient. The assault occurred when the female patient was admitted to the hospital in…
Detroit, MI, October 23, 2026 —
Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios, a former nurse at Detroit’s Sinai-Grace Hospital, has been sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a patient.
The assault occurred while the female patient was admitted to the hospital in August 2025. The information provided does not specify the date of the conviction or sentencing, the court involved, or further details about the circumstances of the assault.
Figueroa-Berrios also faces multiple other criminal cases that remain pending, as well as civil lawsuits related to similar allegations. Those matters are separate from the conviction described here. The details of the pending cases and lawsuits, including their current status and the specific allegations, were not provided. The pending matters have not been described as resolved.
No additional information was provided about Figueroa-Berrios’s employment history, the hospital’s response, or whether any action was taken by regulators. The information also does not identify the patient or describe any statement from her or her representatives.
The reported sentence is a term of 10 to 15 years in prison. No further information was provided about where the sentence will be served, whether it may be appealed, or what happens next in the other criminal cases and civil lawsuits. The known details establish the conviction and sentence while leaving those procedural questions unanswered.
Story summarized from the original created by Jay Scott Smith, Jacob Nagel on www.clickondetroit.com, see more information here.
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