EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A nursing assistant from the Metro East is facing federal charges for defrauding her elderly patients over a 13-month period. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois said Markeisha A. Hill, of Granite City, Illinois, worked as a certified nursing assistant at University Nursing and Rehabilitation in Edwardsville from October 2022 through June 2023 and at Meridian Village in Glen Ca…