02-05-2025
Man impersonated nurse to treat kids and disabled adults, Texas cops say
A man used a family member's identity to fraudulently obtain a nursing license he used to treat kids and disabled adults, Texas police said.
Dazael Gloria, 33, is charged with three counts of practicing nursing with a fraudulent license, according to court documents filed on April 29. Texas police are looking to arrest him.
Gloria's attorney information was not listed.
The man used a relative's identity to get a vocational nursing license (LVN) in Houston and treat multiple patients in Texas in 2022 and 2023, according to the criminal complaint. Investigators said he was hired by two nursing agencies.
He previously had an LVN but surrendered it in 2020, according to the complaint.
Gloria was caring for a person who was nonverbal and wheelchair-bound for three months before he was caught abandoning the patient in October 2022, investigators said.
The man said he abandoned the patient because he was 'assaulted while taking out the trash' and feared returning to the patient's residence, his former employer told police.
In 2023, Gloria was hired to care for a 5-year-old child, still using the license obtained through a false identity, when he stole the patient's mother's credit cards and used them, according to the criminal complaint.
Gloria had previously been convicted of theft in 2021, according to court documents.
A warrant has been issued for Gloria's arrest.
