Repeat offender allegedly assaults hospital police officer just days after arrest at same facility: report

7 hours ago 5

NEWYou tin present perceive to Fox News articles!

A North Carolina antheral with a lengthy rap expanse is backmost down bars aft allegedly assaulting a constabulary serviceman astatine a section hospital. 

Justin Wilkes, 37, was taken into custody connected Wednesday aft helium allegedly deed a field constabulary serviceman successful the caput astatine ECU Health Medical Center successful Greenville, according to WBTV. 

Wilkes allegedly had been ordered to permission the property, resulting successful an statement successful which Wilkes began yelling astatine the officer, the outlet reported. 

VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDER ACCUSED OF KILLING TEACHER AS 911 CALL REVEALED HER FINAL MOMENTS: REPORT

Justin Wilkes' mugshot successful  North Carolina

Justin Wilkes, 37, was taken into custody connected Wednesday aft helium allegedly deed a field constabulary serviceman successful the caput astatine ECU Health Medical Center successful Greenville, North Carolina, according to WBTV.  (Pitt County Jail)

As Wilkes was being arrested, helium allegedly deed the serviceman successful the caput and made "utterances" with the intent to "provoke contiguous convulsive retaliation."

Wilkes was aboriginal arrested and charged with assaulting a constabulary officer, disorderly behaviour and resisting a nationalist officer, according to jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital. 

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALLEGEDLY AMBUSHED WOMAN ON FLORIDA BEACH IN RANDOM ATTEMPTED DROWNING ATTACK: POLICE

ECU Health Medical Center successful  Greenville, North Carolina

The incidental happened astatine the ECU Health Medical Center successful Greenville, North Carolina connected Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.  (Google Maps)

According to tribunal records obtained by WBTV, Wiles was retired of jailhouse connected pretrial merchandise astatine the clip of Wednesday’s arrest. 

He had antecedently been arrested connected Feb. 11 – conscionable 1 week earlier – for trespassing astatine the aforesaid hospital. 

Court records obtained by WBTV besides bespeak Wilkes has a lengthy transgression past dating backmost to 2005, with charges including cause offenses, battle and robbery. He had reportedly been sent to situation galore times and was astir precocious released successful July 2023.

REPEAT OFFENDER LABELED 'DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY' WALKS FREE AFTER BIDEN AUTOPEN CLEMENCY

Justin Wilkes' mugshot successful  North Carolina

Justin Wilkes had antecedently been arrested connected Feb. 11 – conscionable 1 week earlier – for trespassing astatine the aforesaid hospital, according to WBTV. (Pitt County Jail)

He presently remains successful custody astatine the Pitt County Jail, wherever helium is being held without bond. 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

The Pitt County prosecutor’s bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

Julia Bonavita is simply a U.S. Writer for Fox News Digital and a Fox Flight Team drone pilot. You tin travel her astatine @juliabonavita13 connected each platforms and nonstop communicative tips to [email protected].

Read Entire Article