SALISBURY TWP., Pa. May 31 2018 – Authorities allege that a patient brandished a light bulb as a weapon against a security guard as he tried to break out of a hospital unit. Jorge L. Pina, of West Walnut Street in Allentown, faces assault charges for the alleged attack Tuesday afternoon inside Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar […]
BOISE ID May 31 2018 — A Garden City man was arrested Monday night after police say he assaulted both police and security personnel at a Boise medical facility. The incident happened at about 9 p.m. in the 300 block of Jefferson Street. Police say they were called out to the facility after 21-year-old Michael McNamar […]
Phoenix AZ May 27 2018 A 27-year-old man was shot outside of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix late Thursday afternoon after another man with a knife tried to fight him at the facility’s emergency room, police said. The incident began about 2 p.m inside of the emergency room, when a 19-year-old man was […]
JOLIET IL May 11 2018 – A Joliet man allegedly alarmed guests at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center by claiming he was a police officer and would shoot, authorities said. Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Edward J. Rogers, 45, of the 200 block of Earl Avenue was issued a citation charging him with disorderly conduct in […]
BRIGHTON TWP. MI May 10 2018 — A patient at Heritage Valley Beaver hospital — initially accused of assaulting several security guards — now faces a homicide charge after one of the security officers has died. According to a police report, John E. Fletcher, 25, was a patient in the hospital’s psychiatric unit in December 2017 […]
Cedar Rapids IA May 10 2018 A disturbance at the local hospital left a Cedar Rapids man under arrest. Police responded to a disturbance at the Mercy Medical Center Tuesday where a security officer had been assaulted. Joshua I. Lawson, 34, was arrested around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday after he caused a disturbance inside the hospital at […]
LAKE CHARLES, LA May 9 2018 Police fired at a suspect who struck a security guard with his vehicle around noon today, but the driver was not hit, according to initial reports from authorities. The man flipped the vehicle about a block away, then fled on foot before being captured about an hour later, said […]
CORBIN, Ky. May 7 2018 A woman and her boyfriend took matters into their own hands when her baby could not wait to be born in the hospital. When her labor pains began around noon, Kendra Bain’s boyfriend drove her to Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. “I thought I had plenty of time. I thought I […]
Bronx NY May 1 2018 An NYPD prisoner escaped from custody at a Bronx hospital on Friday — and then blew away officers in a footrace to freedom, police sources told The Post. “This guy was running like [Olymic gold-medal runner] Usain Bolt, and they were running like Oprah Winfrey. It was embarrassing,” said one source. […]
Washington County MD April 27 2018 The Washington County Sheriff’s Office will supplement security at Meritus Medical Center with four officers, starting in about a year. Until then, the sheriff’s office will provide deputies on overtime “as available,” according to a five-year contract the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved 3-1 Tuesday. The agreement, for three […]