JEFFERSON, Ohio (WOIO) - A former caregiver in Ashtabula County is heading to prison after he admitted to raping elderly patients.

Wayde Shankle, 35, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony counts of rape, according to the Ohio attorney general’s office.

He will spend eight to 12 years locked up. Once released, officials said he will have to register as a sex offender.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says Shankle sexually abused two residents of Villa at the Lake on Parrish Road in Conneaut.

Shankle is a former nurse aide at the assisted-living community.

“This was a horrific case of elder abuse at the hands of a predator masquerading as a protector... My deepest thanks to the investigators and prosecutors who fought for the victims and brought this abuser to justice.”

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