A Northampton woman has been charged with an alleged rampage at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown.
Officers were called to the Middletown hospital Thursday afternoon for a report of a patient – Kennedie Costello, 19 – who had caused a bleeding neck wound and chased another person around the hospital while yelling “f**k me up,” police said.
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Costello also allegedly broke a mobile computer and two vital signs monitors.
While being arrested, Costello attempted to bite the arm of an officer, police said.
The damage to the hospital was valued at $10,000.
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Costello was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, criminal mischief, and harassment. She was arraigned Thursday night before on-call District Judge Robert Wagner Jr. and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $100,000.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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