Nursing Home Rapist Back in Jail

 

The smiling man you see in the above photo is a convicted and admitted rapist. In fact, he's a special kind of rapist who attacked an incapacitated male patient in Mitchell Hollingsworth Rehab in 2017. Zachariah Lee Reeves was working in the medical facility as a Certified Nursing Assistant when he was caught in the act of sodomizing his 68 year-old victim.

Reeves, who now lives on Marion Avenue in Tuscumbia, took a plea deal in which he admitted to Attempted Sodomy. Charges of Sodomy and Elder Abuse were dropped, and the portly CNA was allowed to serve 18 actual months in the state prison system and complete five years probation.

Since Reeves' release in May 2018, he was arrested for an unknown violation in February 2022, but returned to probation shortly thereafter. Today, he was arrested on still another probation violation and is currently residing in the Lauderdale County Detention Center.

Reeves' victim is now deceased, leaving behind a family who still hurts every day. In fact, the hurt they feel is amplified every time Reeves commits another criminal act. Isn't it time for Zachariah Reeves to be returned to prison to serve the remainder of his all too short punishment?