HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Investigators say three nurses who were working at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital last Thursday were attacked by a patient who was waiting for an MRI.
According to court documents, that patient was a Harris County Precinct 3 Deputy Constable. He now faces felony assault charges.
It was New Year’s Day when, investigators say, Harris County Precinct 3 Deputy Constable Sgt. Robert Earl Nobles Junior went into Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital as a patient and left with assault charges.
According to court documents, Nobles attacked three nurses who were working that day.
The first incident, according to those court records, happened when one of the nurses heard him screaming. It contends when she went to check on him, he hit her in the face. Court documents state she was hit so hard that “the defendant’s strike knocked her to the floor.”
Moments later, he allegedly ran towards a nurse who was 26 weeks pregnant and who tried to call security.
That’s when he “struck her in the head twice with the printer, causing her to fall on the floor on her stomach,” court records say.
Nobles didn’t stop there, according to the court filings, which allege he ran towards the ICU unit and punched another nurse, knocking her unconscious.
Investigators say hospital surveillance video matches the nurses’ allegations. A spokesperson with Pct. 3 says he’s been relieved of duty and is still in the hospital. He is not in custody yet.
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