New York NY July 2 2017 A doctor opened fire with an assault rifle Friday inside a New York City hospital where he used to work, killing a woman and wounding six people before turning the gun on himself, law enforcement officials said. The shooting started a little before 3 p.m. ET at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. […]
FULTON COUNTY, Ga.June 24 2017 – Roswell Police say an Allied Universal hospital security guard stole from a patient, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital. Tony Jones is charged with ID theft and credit card fraud. Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik met with the victim, who asked to remain anonymous. He says hospital staff told […]
Memphis TN June 21 2017 A 23-year-old man has been arrested as a suspect in the carjacking of a security officer at Methodist University Hospital on Tuesday morning, police said. Leslie Tate has been charged with carjacking and evading arrest. Memphis police spokesman Sgt. Louis Brownlee said officers responded to a carjacking at 4:41 a.m. […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 20 2017 – A mother is accused of trying to smother her one-year-old boy with her hands and a pillow while at Levine Children’s Hospital, according to a police report. Maggie Dixon, 32, faces attempted first-degree murder and felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. The child was in the hospital for […]
Berlin VT June 19 2017 The Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital in Berlin faces $14,000 in fines for what state inspectors say was a failure to protect front-line workers from patients who become dangerous. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in the citations that it found three “serious” violations of employee safety. The 25-bed […]
Ephrata PA June 13 2017 An Ephrata man is accused of assaulting a doctor, nurse and security worker at Wellspan-Ephrata Community Hospital Sunday, police said. James A. Heist, 42, was charged with aggravated assault after the 12:25 a.m. incident. While a patient at the hospital, police said Heist became combative and assaulted the three hospital […]
Brooklyn NY June 11 2017 A Brooklyn hospital security guard has been arrested for allegedly strangling and assaulting a mentally ill patient, authorities said Friday. Maurice Dunlop, a contracted guard for Interfaith Medical Center, put his arm around the patient’s neck and lifted the man off the ground, authorities said. Dunlop also punched him in […]
Geneva IL June 10 2017 Private attorneys have entered appearances stating they’re representing a Kane County corrections officer and contract security company named in a lawsuit faulting the Kane County sheriff’s office in a hostage standoff last month at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva. Four nurses, including two who were taken hostage, are suing […]
Port Huron MI June 9 2017 McLaren Port Huron’s newest employee has been on the job about a week, and patients and staff already love him. Ruger is a 14-month-old German shepherd who will perform different functions at the hospital ranging from therapy dog to deterrent to sniffing out suspicious packages and vehicles. With his […]
JOLIET IL June 9 2017 – A convicted murderer took a nurse and prison guard hostage for a short time early Wednesday at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Joshua L. Matthews, 32, was brought to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday from Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill. Matthews […]