Anderson IN Nov 14 2017 Nine officers were sworn in on Friday to a newly-formed police department at Community Hospital Anderson in Anderson, Indiana. The previous director of security, Phillip Caldwell, will now serve as chief after spearheading the establishment of the police department. Caldwell is a former Elwood police chief, reports the Herald Bulletin. […]
Iowa Nov 10 2017 Scott Colebank, 49, was charged Nov. 6 with assault on persons in certain occupations, disorderly conduct, interference of official acts, fourth-degree criminal mischief, second-degree harassment, third and subsequent public intoxication, and first-offense trespassing. According to the arrest affidavit, Colebank was seen drinking from a beer can at the UI Hospitals and Clinics. […]
HUNTINGTON WV Nov 7 2017 – A Huntington man was jailed over the weekend after police alleged his flare gun sparked a fire at an area hospital. The man was jailed at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Huntington police charged him with the misdemeanor possession of a deadly weapon at an education facility and a $10,000 cash-only bond […]
BRISTOL, TN Nov 6 2017 A now-former Bristol Regional Medical Center Hospital employee is in jail accused of stealing a credit card from a Bristol, Tenn. shooting victim. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office said 26-year-old Kristin Fair is charged with identity theft and theft over $1,000. District Attorney General Barry Staubus tells News Channel 11 […]
NYACK NY Nov 1 2017 – A Spring Valley man has been accused of trying to stab someone with a sharpened toothbrush at Nyack Hospital on Saturday. Orangetown police said they arrested Wilson Jean-Baptiste at 3:54 p.m. and charged him with attempted second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. Jean-Baptiste, […]
GREENSBURG, PA Oct 31 2017 A Pennsylvania man was arrested Thursday after allegedly selling heroin inside a hospital maternity ward on the same day his baby was born. While conducting a traffic stop, police noticed drug paraphernalia in the car. The occupants of the car said they purchased heroin from a man, later identified […]
BLOOMIGTON IN Oct 31 2017 Police arrested a man after assaulting an Indiana University Health security officer during a confrontation on Thursday. During the confrontation, police say that a patient allegedly grabbed one of the security officers by the neck. The security officers told police that 55-year-old Darrell Allen arrived at the hospital with a […]
MOBILE, AL Oct 30 2017 On Sunday, the Mobile Police Department received a report of an active shooter at Providence Hospital. Jamon Stegall, 36, was arrested after a police chase that ended in a crash on Interstate 10 at the Broad Street exit. MPD said, “The male subject was taken into custody by hospital security […]
Washington, D.C. Oct 28 2017 Washington DC joined other area jurisdictions in using a potentially life-saving app that alerts people who know CPR to the location of people suffering heart attacks. People who have the PulsePoint app on their phones are alerted to 911 calls for cardiac arrest within a quarter mile of their location when […]
Springfield MO Oct 27 2017 A former Mercy security guard wants people to know that he and several others fired by Mercy acted with good intentions in tough situations. Nathan Roberts, 25, was among 12 employees fired after an investigator flagged four cases of patient “abuse and/or neglect” at Mercy Hospital Springfield earlier this year. […]