Cesar Ulloa, a 21-year-old former employee of an upscale elderly care facility in Calabasas, California, was convicted last Thursday on eight counts of torture and elder abuse. He could receive up to life in prison when he is sentenced in May.

According to witnesses, Ulloa would often laugh as he terrorized his victims. Many of the patients that he tortured were too feeble or dementia-ridden to call for help.

A fellow caregiver testified that she once saw Ulloa jump off of a dresser and land knees-first on an elderly man’s abdomen. Another time, he grabbed an elderly patient’s arm and used it to hit another patient, attempting to provoke a fight.

Ulloa was caught after an anonymous phone-call was made to a grieving widow the day after the funeral of her husband, suggesting that she look into his cause of death.

When her husbands body was exhumed and an autopsy performed, multiple broken bones and severe blunt force trauma were found. A radiologist at the trial compared the man’s broken ribs to injuries that would be sustained if one were hit by a train.

Nursing homes are responsible for the employees that they hire and for keeping track of their behavior. If someone you love has been a victim of nursing home abuse, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 as soon as possible to discuss your legal options.