NYACK – Orangetown Police arrested a New City man on a felony assault charge in connection with an assault on a nurse at Nyack Hospital.
Aaron Kinlaw, 32, was also charged with misdemeanors of criminal mischief and criminal tampering. He was sent to the Rockland County Jail following his arrest on May 15.
A nurse at the hospital reported that Kinlaw became disorderly and took a phone from her hand, striking her on the side of her head with it causing injury. It is also alleged he pulled down and damaged ceiling tiles, pulled wires down from the ceiling and knocked over a computer monitor.
Police would not say if Kinlaw was a patient at the hospital citing federal privacy laws.
