A man from Orlando was charged with a felony for an attack on a registered nurse.
Derius Lashane Dabney, 28, was a patient at UF Health-Leesburg Hospital on Monday when he allegedly battered the health care provider, according to a Leesburg Police Department arrest report.
Dabney had been admitted to the hospital under a doctor’s Baker Act order. While having supper, Dabney took another patient’s food and began to eat it. When the nurse told him that he could not eat the other patient’s dinner, Dabney became “irate” and threw the food container at the nurse hitting him on his lower lip. Dabney was then restrained and placed into a 4-point restraints garment and promptly went to sleep, according to the report.
Dabney was charged with a battery on a healthcare provider and was transported to the Lake County Jail where bond was set at $2,000 for the class three felony.