CARLISLE, PA – Michael D. Bragg, a former nurse based at UPMC Carlisle, has been sentenced today to 15 to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting two patients and secretly video-recording hundreds of others, including many children. Bragg was also designated as a sexually violent predator by the court.
Bragg pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated indecent assault, one count of attempted indecent assault, 12 counts of sexual abuse of children, one count of manufacturing child pornography, 37 counts of invasion of privacy, and six counts of interception of oral communications.
An investigation by the Office of Attorney General began in 2019 regarding the possession and dissemination of child pornography. As the investigation proceeded, agents also discovered videos and photos of hospital patients in various stages of undress on Bragg’s laptop computer.
Bragg was found to have sexually assaulted an intubated and unconscious woman in the hospital’s emergency room and groped another emergency room patient. Investigators also determined that nearly two dozen of the patients were children, and Bragg was charged with possession of child pornography.
Attorney General Michelle Henry said that the crimes committed by Bragg were among the most heinous and despicable crimes imaginable, and he had used his position as a nurse to prey on adults and children when they were incredibly vulnerable.
She urged members of the public to report suspected abuse, and her office remains committed to taking offenders, no matter their position or profession, off the streets.
A law firm, Metzger & Wichkersham is helping the victims involved in these incidents.