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An unhinged teen viciously attacked six well being care staff throughout a Staten Island hospital rampage over the weekend — simply three days after he was launched in Brooklyn courtroom for allegedly snatching a lady’s purse, authorities mentioned.
Devonte Loyce, 19, was being evaluated as an “emotionally disturbed individual” at Richmond University Medical Center round 4 a.m. Sunday when he lashed out with a knife at a gaggle of safety guards, nurses, emergency room workers and EMTs, cops mentioned.
Loyce is accused of slashing three males — 26, 28 and 51 — on their palms in the course of the violent frenzy, which solely ended when he was zapped with a stun gun, police mentioned.
He additionally punched a 33-year-old man within the face, bit a 57-year-old man on the precise forearm and shoved a 21-year-old lady right into a door, authorities mentioned.
A responding NYPD cop wanted to deploy a Taser to subdue Loyce and finish the rampage, cops mentioned.
Loyce — whose tackle is listed as a males’s shelter in Park Slope — was charged with assault, felony possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and menacing, authorities mentioned.
All of the injured staff have been listed in steady situation, cops mentioned.
Loyce was simply arrested Thursday morning for allegedly snatching a lady’s purse — holding $500 — inside a deli on Fourth Avenue close to 86th Street in Bay Ridge, police mentioned.
The lady ran after the thief, managed to seize her bag again, known as the cops and pointed him out to responding officers, authorities and sources mentioned.
Loyce was arrested and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, petit larceny and fifth-degree felony possession of stolen property, in keeping with a felony grievance.
He was launched on his personal recognizance throughout his Brooklyn Criminal Court arraignment a number of hours later, in keeping with a DA’s Office spokesman.
The Brooklyn theft was not a bail-eligible offense, and Loyce doesn’t have another prior arrests, the rep mentioned.
Loyce’s violent tear on the Staten Island hospital got here as The Post revealed that one other man — Edward Johnson, 57 — has repeatedly assaulted feminine hospital staff within the Bronx.
Johnson — an unlawful immigrant believed to be from the Caribbean who was final arrested in January — violated the phrases of his supervised launch and is on the run, in keeping with authorities.
One of his repeated victims is Colleen Leahy, an emergency room physician at St. Barnabas Hospital.
“It’s infuriating that he retains doing this to well being care staff — particularly girls — after which is let go,” Leahy advised The Post Sunday. “They had him in custody a number of instances, so why is he being let go to assault different individuals, different well being care staff?”
