William E. Stewart, 56, was arrested Tuesday night on preliminary charges of battery after he reportedly struck a security officer at the IU Health Bloomington Hospital, according to a Bloomington Police ?Department arrest report.
An assault was reported to BPD at about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday when a security officer said he had been struck in the head by an intoxicated Stewart, Sgt. John Jovach said.
Stewart had reportedly complained that he was going to have a seizure, but doctors cleared him. He had gone to the hospital to seek medicine and treatment, but got upset when doctors didn’t provide him care, Sgt. Kovach said.
After doctors cleared Stewart, he began yelling and waving his arms as he was exiting the hospital, acting as though he was having a seizure.
When the security officer approached him and asked him to calm down, Stewart allegedly formed a fist with his hand and struck him in the head.
Because Stewart allegedly struck a public safety official in a hospital, his preliminary battery charge is a felony instead of a misdemeanor, Sgt. Kovach said.
Andy Wittry
