HATFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — A Montgomery County man is facing felony charges in connection with an alleged attack on hospital staff in Hatfield Township, according to media reports and court records.
Jose Ortiz-Leiva, 42, of Lansdale, has been charged with felony aggravated assault, as well as lesser charges of simple assault, harassment and possessing an instrument of crime after he reportedly assaulted a nurse and security guard with a mop handle during an incident at the emergency room of Jefferson Lansdale Hospital.
The website North Penn Now is reporting that the incident happened on the evening of July 7 when police officers were called to the hospital after a report of a patient assaulting staff members.
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Hospital workers reportedly told police that Ortiz-Leiva was yelling, refusing to take medications, and then went on the attack with the mop handle, the story says.
Court records show that Ortiz-Leiva was arraigned on July 26 and that he is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Aug. 9 before Magisterial District Judge Andrea Hudak Duffy.
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Records state that the defendant was sent to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility after failing to post cash bail.
Court records show that the defendant is being represented by Norristown-based defense attorney Brooks Thomas Thompson.
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