MADISON - The state Department of Justice has charged a nursing home worker with fondling three patients.

According to the criminal complaint, 49-year-old Kurt Johnson of Rio worked at the Golden Living Center in Wisconsin Dells in 2007. Three of his co-workers reported they saw him fondle three patients' breasts between September and December 2007. Two of the patients were in the Alzheimer's unit.

Johnson faces three counts of second-degree sexual assault, punishable by up to 120 years in prison and $300,000 fine.

Online court records did not list the case or an attorney for Johnson. The public defender's office in Baraboo, which handles cases in Wisconsin Dells, had no record of the case Tuesday.