Wilmington DE July 24 2019 A man killed his wife, then himself, in a shooting at a Brandywine Hundred nursing home on Saturday, police said. Delaware State Police identified 82-year-old Louis M. Camerota as the shooter and his wife, 79-year-old Gail F. Camerota, as the victim at the ManorCare Health Services facility. Louis Camerota came […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. July 21 2019— The Moses Cone Hospital Emergency Department is getting a new visitor management system that will scan visitor’s driver’s licenses and take photos, according to a Moses Cone news release. The release says the hospital will begin using the new system on Monday. Visitors will need an ID to enter the […]
COLUMBIA, SC July 20 2019 A state Department of Mental Health patient suffocated to death earlier this year at the bottom of a dogpile of agency employees who failed to follow the department’s training on physically restraining patients. At least three of the employees involved in the death of 35-year-old William Avant had not been […]
CHICAGO IL July 19 2019 The man charged with stabbing a man to death on the Red Line, over the weekend, has threatened a stranger in the past. Court records show it’s the second time this year that Tony Polk has been arrested for threatening to hurt or kill someone. A woman said Tony Polk raised […]
BRIDGEPORT CT July 19 2019 – A homeless man with nearly 300 previous criminal convictions was arrested after police said he threatened to blow up St. Vincent’s Medical Center. Tonito Viera, 61, who has 296 convictions going back more than a decade for threatening, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, was charged Tuesday with interfering with an […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. July 17 2019— There’s a new member of Bassett Medical Center’s security team. Hudson is the first K-9 to work on the hospital’s security detail. He’s 3 ½ years old and will be working with handler and security officer Robert Meiser. The two started making rounds at the hospital last month. Hudson is […]
AUSTIN, Texas July 16 2019 A man has been arrested after police say he spit on a hospital security guard and threatened to harm and kill law enforcement officers. William Henry Redford, 58, has been charged with third-degree felony retaliation. According to an arrest affidavit, Redford had been transported to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center […]
Lancaster County NE July 13 2019 A woman has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a patient while working as a security supervisor at a Nebraska psychiatric hospital. Lancaster County Court records say 36-year-old Chalice Closen is charged with felony sexual abuse of a protected person. County jail records say Closen remained in […]
BALTIMORE MD July 12 2019 The University of Maryland Baltimore’s police department recently welcomed its first comfort dog “Officer” Lexi. The Australian Shepherd mix is only the third dog to join a university police department with a K9 comfort dog program. “Community relationships are so very important when it comes to policing,” said Pfc. Kelli Blackwell, […]
St. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. July 12 2019 — A homeless man was arrested for allegedly fondling himself while sitting on a bench outside the main entrance to Memorial Hospital, according to court records. Antone Mayfield has been charged with criminal trespass and public indecency. On July 8, Memorial Hospital security officers received a call from the […]