NJ Board of Nursing Suspends Mercer County Nurse Accused of Sexual Contact with Patients

Suspension follows criminal charges involving three male patients at Plainsboro hospital.

MERCER COUNTY, NJ – The New Jersey Board of Nursing has temporarily suspended the license of a Mercer County registered nurse facing criminal charges for alleged sexual contact with three patients under his care at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro.

Andre Maureece Angus was arrested on December 11, 2024, and charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact after an investigation by Plainsboro Police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. The incidents are alleged to have occurred between September 2023 and March 2024, during which Angus is accused of groping or inappropriately touching the genital area of three male patients. His employment at the hospital has since been terminated.

“Patients being treated in a hospital trust that the individuals assigned to their care will treat them with dignity and respect, in accordance with medical ethics and professional standards,” said Attorney General Platkin. “Individuals who exploit their positions of trust to sexually prey on patients–as this licensee allegedly did–present a clear danger to the public that must be stopped. That is why we have suspended him from practice until these very serious criminal charges are resolved.”

Under an interim consent order filed July 28, 2025, Angus agreed to the temporary suspension of his nursing license pending the resolution of the criminal charges and further action by the Board. He is prohibited from practicing or representing himself as a registered nurse in New Jersey or in any state participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact. Any violation would be considered an unlicensed practice.

Patients who believe they were treated inappropriately by Angus are urged to file an online complaint with the Board of Nursing at njconsumeraffairs.gov.

“The criminal allegations, if proven, demonstrate an egregious violation of professional standards that undermine the integrity of the nursing profession,” said Elizabeth M. Harris, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. “Under the consent order announced today, this licensee will have no professional contact with patients in any practice setting while these allegations are ongoing.”

The State is represented in this matter by Deputy Attorney General Daniel Evan Leef Hewitt, under the supervision of Section Chief Doreen A. Hafner of the Professional Boards Prosecution Section, within the Division of Law’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group.