Rockwall memory care worker charged with sexual assault on dementia patient

A Rockwall mental care facility worker is facing multiple sexual assault charges after police say he engaged in a sexual relationship with a 67-year-old patient recently diagnosed with dementia.Rockwall aggravated sexual assault arrestOn Aug. 15, 2026, Rockwall Police arrested 24-year-old Zachary Daylon Yoakum and charged him with four counts of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony.Yoakum was arrested after the daughter of a memory care patient reported concerns that a sexual relationship had grown between Yoakum and the patient.An arrest affidavit for Yoakum states that the 67-year-old victim was diagnosed with dementia after a psychosis episode landed her in the hospital in July.After the victim was discharged, she was placed in the Village Green Memory Care Community Center in Rockwall, where Yoakum was employed.The victim's daughter found texts and phone calls between the victim and Yoakum, causing her concern. Her mother later made a statement that she and Yoakum were