MASON CITY, Iowa March 16 2018– An arrest is made in an incident that led to increased security at Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa for two days, but those living near the hospital say they had no idea what was going on. Police were called to the hospital around 9:46 pm Tuesday on a […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. March 14 2018 – Columbia police arrested Elena Hickman on Saturday night after officers were dispatched to Boone Hospital Center in reference to a trespassing subject. Hospital security told police that they found Hickman wandering in parts of the hospital where she was not supposed to be. She was also observed taking several items […]
MILWAUKEE WI March 11 2018— A registered sex offender forbidden from visiting his severely ill 9-year-old son filed a lawsuit Friday against Wisconsin Children’s Hospital, arguing its visitation policy is “cruel and causes unnecessary harm to families and innocent children.” Security guards escorted Stuart Yates from the building Tuesday, five days after his son was […]
Baltimore MD March 7 2018 The Johns Hopkins University is advocating legislation in Annapolis that would authorize it to create its own police force in Baltimore. The legislation already has the backing of several Baltimore lawmakers, who said it will increase safety in the city without costing taxpayer dollars. Hopkins officials said Monday in a message […]
Pocatello ID March 7 2018 For more than two hours on Sunday night, Pocatello police negotiated with a suicidal man who was armed with a handgun in the parking lot of Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. During the tense standoff, all entrances into PMC’s parking lot were blocked by law enforcement officers and the hospital went […]
NORWICH CT March 1 2018 – A former security guard is suing The William W. Backus Hospital, claiming he was forced to resign after management ignored his complaints about safety conditions. Charles Dickinson, of East Hampton, who worked for the hospital from March 2014 until June 2016, said in his lawsuit that his resignation amounts to […]
Battle Creek MI Feb 28 2018 A 27-year-old man, who police did not identify, was taken into custody and held for a psychiatric evaluation after he bit a Battle Creek Police Officer and kicked security officers from Bronson Battle Creek. Police said the officer and security employees were attempting to restrain the man in the emergency […]
Tallahassee FL Feb 27 2018 A man has been accused of stabbing his mother to death in her hospital room in Tallahassee, Florida. Alexander J. Sparks, 22, was arrested at Capital Regional Medical Center after nurses saw him in Liese C. Spark’s room, just before she was found dead, according to a press release from the […]
ATLANTA GA Feb 24 2018— Two Georgia nurses and an aide have been indicted in the death of an elderly World War II veteran after they were caught on camera laughing as the man gasped for air and pleaded for help. Authorities launched a criminal investigation in November after details and video were obtained by […]
MIDDLETOWN, C.T. Feb 24 2018– A Connecticut man who crashed his car into a hospital emergency room and then set himself on fire on Thursday recorded the entire incident on Facebook Live. 27-year-old Steven Ellam drove into the emergency room entrance around 10 a.m., Middletown Mayor Dan Drew said. The Facebook video shows Ellam recording […]