The former head of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home is expected to face a judge Tuesday.
Sources tell NBC10 Boston that Walsh won't face any jail time under a possible plea deal — which would involve a case disposition known as continued without finding — but would have to comply with certain court order for three monthsin a criminal case over the deaths of more than 70 of elderly veteran residents of the facility in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The case first came to light when Gov. Maura Healey was the attorney general — and it ended up becoming one of the deadliest COVID outbreaks at a long-term care facility in the country., Holyoke Soldiers' Home's former medical director, were serving as high-ranking officials at the facility back in March 2022, when they allegedly made to combine 42 residents from two dementia units into a single unit that typically held 25 beds.
Sources tell NBC10 Boston that Walsh won't face any jail time under a possible plea deal — which would involve a case disposition known as continued without finding — but would have to comply with certain court order for three months.
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