Two Westmoreland County nurses pleaded guilty to taking and sharing inappropriate patient photos.

In a Westmoreland County courtroom, Peter Castellano and Melissa Tompkins admitted to exploiting their elderly patients.

"Today we accepted a negotiated plea deal," said Casey White, who represents Melissa Tompkins.

Tompkins and Castellano were charged in September last year . While working at Westmoreland Hospital, investigators said they took and shared explicit photos of at least eight patients.

White said the plea deal is Tompkins's way of taking accountability.

"From the start, she didn't understand the seriousness of her actions. Her actions were certainly immature and irresponsible and later found out they were in fact criminal. If she could take back what took place durin

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