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Missouri Hospital Worker Asked a Patient if He Wanted Food, So the Man Punched the Employee in the Face: Cops

Missouri Man Accused of Punching Hospital Worker Who Offered Him Food
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Hospital worker offered ER patient food, but then got punched in the face.

Oct. 2 2023, Published 6:15 p.m. ET

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A man in Missouri has been arrested after he was accused of punching a hospital worker in the face when the employee asked him if he wanted any food, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Missouri Man Accused of Punching Hospital Worker Who Offered Him Food
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A patient at a Missouri hospital was asked if he wanted food when he attacked the hospital worker.

On Sept. 26, Cody Hess, 30, was a patient in the emergency department at St. Louis' Mercy Hospital, according to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, when the hospital worker came into his room and asked him if he wanted to eat, as Front Page Detectives reported.

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Missouri Man Accused of Punching Hospital Worker Who Offered Him Food
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The patient made a fist and punched the medical worker in the face.

Officials said Hess then allegedly made a fist and punched the worker in the face.

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Missouri Man Accused of Punching Hospital Worker Who Offered Him Food
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After the punch, the worker started to have issues with speaking.

The alleged incident caused the worker to develop problems speaking.

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Missouri Man Accused of Punching Hospital Worker Who Offered Him Food
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The patient was arrested and charged with assault.

Hess, who was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, was being held on a $100,000 bond.

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In a statement, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said, “Emergency Department personnel are appropriately classified as special victims in Missouri, and we will do all we can to protect them in St. Louis County and to hold accountable anyone who attacks those whose work is to serve the public.”

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