Man cited for disorderly conduct after making threats in West Reading

A man was in the emergency room at Reading Hospital about 8:20 p.m. March 19 in West Reading when he threatened a nurse on duty. The nurse called police. The man gave police a fake name, but they learned his identity anyway.

Officers cited him for disorderly conduct and took him from the hospital.

Police find drunken man on Penn Street Bridge

A man who had a few too many drinks left Reading Hospital in West Reading without his shoes about 5:06 a.m. Feb. 18 and fled toward Reading. Police found him on the Penn Street Bridge. A breath test showed he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.24. Officers cited him for public drunkenness and turned him over to his mother.

Patient charged with assaulting Reading Hospital staff members

West Reading police charged a Wyomissing man with aggravated assault, saying he attacked two Reading Hospital employees about 12:05 a.m. Dec. 28 and threatened a third.

The patient was being interviewed by a hospital worker when he asked her how old she was. She didn't answer. He got out of his bed, grabbed a chair and struck her with it, according to court records. The worker yelled for help and tried to defend herself. The patient got three hits in before a security guard grabbed the chair, records say.

During that struggle the patient grabbed the guard's arm and tried to bite the back of his neck, records say. Eventually employees restrained the suspect, who told a third person in the room he knows the man's face, records say. He then threatened the staffer, reportedly telling him, "… You're gonna wake up in your own puddle of blood."

West Reading police arrested the man and turned him over to sheriff's deputies. The suspect, a 44-year-old Wyomissing resident, was charged with three counts each of aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment, and one count of making terroristic threats. He was jailed in lieu of $60,000 bail.

Police charge man with assault in hospital

A man became violent about 12:24 p.m. Nov 19 in a room at Reading Hospital in West Reading, punching staff members a room in the emergency department. He was placed in restraints, but not before punching a security guard. Police arrested the suspect, a 31-year-old Reading man, and charged him with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. He was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Reading woman charged with forgery, identity theft

A woman called West Reading police after discovering her purse was taken about 12:11 a.m. Sept. 11 from a nursing station at Reading Hospital in the borough. The theft apparently took place several hours earlier, as revealed in court documents. On Sept. 27, police charged a suspect, a 35-year-old Reading woman, with offenses that took place Sept. 10 relating to the purse theft. She was charged with forgery, identity theft, unauthorized use of a credit card, two counts of theft and one count of receiving stolen property. The suspect was released pending a hearing in November.

Wyomissing officer injured in crash on Route 222

About 6:22 p.m. Sept. 5, a Wyomissing police cruiser was heading north on Route 222 near the Inn at Reading when a dark sport utility vehicle or truck rear-ended the car. The SUV – or truck – drove off and the officer driving the police car was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center. He was later treated at Reading Hospital to remove a piece of glass from his eye.

Woman hospitalized after falling over dog

An elderly Wyomissing woman tripped over a dog at her home about 6:44 p.m. Sept. 2 in the 500 block of Greenwich Street. The dog was one of 12 who lived in the house with the woman. The fall dislocated her hip, but when emergency personnel arrived they found animal waste throughout the home. She was taken to Reading Hospital and a family member was told to take care of the animals.

Hospital vehicle burglarized in West Reading

Reading Hospital security guards discovered about 2:15 p.m. Aug. 9 that a medical vehicle had been broken into while it was parked in the Masonic Temple parking lot, in the 300 block of South Seventh Avenue in West Reading.

Mental patient found hiding under staircase

A man who had been committed to Reading Hospital for a mental condition left the hospital, still wearing his hospital gown. West Reading police found the patient about 12:08 a.m. June 15 hiding under a staircase behind a building in the 400 block of Reading Avenue.

Reading Hospital in talks with police to cover emergency room

The Reading Eagle has the story:

Reading Hospital wants police officer in ER

Disorderly man arrested at Reading Hospital

A man raising a ruckus about 12:43 a.m. Feb. 19 at Reading Hospital, at South Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street in West Reading, drew the attention of borough police. The suspect, a 20-year-old man, was charged wth disorderly conduct, defiant trespass and driving with a suspended license. He was jailed in lieu of $7,500 bail.

Hospital security guards lead police to theft suspect

Guards at Reading Hospital in West Reading called borough police at 11:29 p.m. Jan. 27 about a suspicious man who appeared drunk. Officers discovered the man had stolen items from a vehicle in the hospital's parking lot. They arrested the suspect, a 26-year-old West Reading man, and charged him with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, theft, theft from a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property. He was jailed in lieu of $10,000.

Man stopped for stealing bicycle near Reading Hospital

Witnesses and security guards saw a man swipe a bicycle about 2:28 a.m. Aug. 8 from Reading Hospital in West Reading. He dumped the bike later and ran away but was stopped by West Reading police. He told officers he stole the bike because he needed a ride home. Police gave him a ride, but not home; to central processing, where he was turned over to deputies and his probation officer notified that the man violated his probation.

Woman charged with assault at Reading Hospital

An 18-year-old Reading woman was charged Feb. 25 with assault following her arrest almost two weeks earlier stemming from an incident at Reading Hospital. West Reading police received a report of an assault involving hospital staff in the emergency department about 2:33 a.m. Feb. 12. The woman faces two charges each of simple assault and harassment.

Hospital patient accused of assaulting state trooper

A patient at Wernersville State Hospital faces assault charges after she allegedly punched a Pennsylvania state trooper in the face aobut 4:30 p.m. Jan. 23 in a room at Reading Hospital, at South Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street in West Reading. The trooper was interviewing the 21-year-old woman about a rape accusation she had made. After the meeting the trooper told the patient she’d have to go back to Wernersville State Hospital, where she’s staying by court order. The woman walked toward the door, yelling she wouldn’t go back there. After ignoring orders to sit down, she punched the state trooper in the face. The suspect now faces charges of simple assault, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, harassment and two counts of disorderly conduct. She was jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Hospital patient found with pot

While doing a routine inventory procedure on a trauma patient, Reading Hospital security guards found a small plastic bag of marijuana in the man's coat pocket, about 11:34 p.m. Jan. 20 at the hospital in West Reading. Borough police seized the drugs.

Laptop stolen from Reading Hospital

A patient at Reading Hospital in West Reading told borough police in the afternoon of Jan. 17 that a laptop she brought with her when she was admitted has since gone missing.

West Reading has boil water advisory in effect

A contractor working earlier today at Reading Hospital in West Reading damaged a water line, according to an advisory on the borough's Web site.

A reverse 911 call will go out to residents once the water is safe to drink. Meanwhile, check the borough site for updates.

Tempers flare at Reading Hospital

A man in a dispute with a woman over a parking spot about 8:35 a.m. Oct. 29 at Reading Hospital in West Reading was so upset he made an obscene gesture and called the woman an unprintable name. She called police to report the driver's behavior, presumably in case it escalated to something beyond name-calling.
About 8:25 that same evening, a woman told police she was yelled at and pushed by an emergency room doctor.

Argument in hospital maternity ward leads to fight

An argument that began between  two people about 1:53 a.m. Oct. 14 in the maternity ward at Reading Hospital in West Reading turned physical once the pair reached the foyer of the hospital’s Fifth Avenue lobby. A man punched the other in the face and the two had be separated by hospital security. After police arrived the punch-thrower apologized and said he “shouldn’t have done it.” The victim won’t press charges, but the man was cited for disorderly conduct and barred from the hospital. He left with his family.