Portland OR December 9 2019 On a brisk, 40-degree afternoon two days before Thanksgiving, Portland police responded to a call from the city’s psychiatric hospital and found a man sitting on the ground of the ambulance bay, handcuffed and shivering in just a T-shirt and shorts. A security guard told two officers that the man […]
SAN DIEGO CA December 9 2019 — When Mary Prehoden gets dressed for work every morning, her eyes lock on the bite-shaped scar on her chest. It’s a harsh reminder of one of the worst days of her life. Prehoden, a nurse supervisor at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, was brutally attacked last year by a […]
DeKalb GA December 2 2019 DeKalb Police responded to two attempted abductions that occurred around busy shopping centers in north Decatur during Thanksgiving week, according to a spokesperson for Emory Healthcare. DeKalb Police have only been able to confirm one incident so far. One incident occurred at Suburban Plaza and North Decatur Square where someone […]
DAYTONA BEACH FL December 1 2019 — A husband shot his wife dead Friday at a rehabilitation center and then killed himself, police said. He left behind cards for a cremation business. William Shook, 71, of Port Orange, went to visit his wife, Jane Shook, also 71, about 9:30 a.m. at the Daytona Beach Health and […]
WILKES-BARRE PA November 30 2019 — A city man angered over being asked to leave an area hospital began fighting with security officers and bit a police officer before being subdued, according to police. Devontay Wedderburn, 22, of 107 George Ave., is accused of causing the disturbance at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after signing himself out from […]
ATLANTA GA Nov 30 2019 A man who posed as a janitor at an Atlanta area hospital so that he could commit thefts has been arrested. Police have made the arrest with the assistance of hospital security after a theft call uncovered a cleaning cart – and later a person – somewhere they shouldn’t have […]
Bay County MI November 27 2019 A man was arrested in Bay County on Monday after he allegedly escaped from hospital security and stole a vehicle. It happened about 11:50 a.m. on Nov. 25. Police were dispatched to the area of Trumbull and 21st Street in Bay County for a McLaren Hospital patient who had walked […]
Pittsburgh PA November 24 2019 Ken Moore is a registered sex offender but never thought that would keep him from seeing the birth of his third child. “I did what I did,” said Ken Moore. “I understand that was wrong and it’s something I have to live with. I was there for my other two […]
JONESBORO, Ark. November 23 2019 Jonesboro police arrested a man accused of threatening hospital staff with a knife. According to a probable cause affidavit, police were called to St. Bernards Medical Center on Sunday, Nov. 17 due to a man with a knife. There, the officers saw several security guards and hospital staff standing at the […]
Kenosha WI November 15 2019 A 27-year-old Kenosha woman is alleged to have battered a security officer at Froedtert Kenosha Hospital, pulling out the guard’s hair, scratching her face and attempting to hit her with a blood pressure monitor before fleeing the hospital. Latasha Carter — described in the criminal complaint as being 4 feet 9 […]