NY Post: Held & Hines’ Case Reported in the Media #2
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New York Post Updated: Mon., Oct. 25, 2010, 3:43 PM home Lawsuit in hosp attack By JOE MOLLICA and WILLIAM J. GORTA
A violent prisoner left uncuffed and unguarded in a Brooklyn hospital bashed a worker who was taking care of him, a lawsuit charges. Justin Houston — who was hauled to Brookdale Hospital by cops — lay in wait for Roxanne Sinclair, hiding his unbound arms under a blanket, the 50-year-old nurse’s assistant alleges. The cop who was supposed to be guarding Houston was at the nurses’ station when the prisoner pounced, punching the Canarsie resident. “The next thing I know, I’m on a bed,” Sinclair said. “They [other nurses] told me there was blood on the floor and my clothes were full of blood.” A spokeswoman for the city’s Law Department it was reviewing the suit.
