A Garfield, Arkansas woman will be arraigned 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Newton County Circuit Court after being charged with third-degree assault- special victim after allegedly punching a nurse at Freeman West Hospital.
Leanna Lee Wingett (DOB 2004) is being held without bond.
From the probable cause statement:
On June 27, 2026, in Newton County, Missouri, Leanna Wingett knowingly caused physical injury to a nurse employed by Freeman Hospital and acting within the scope of her official duties by intentionally charging at and striking her in the left forearm with a closed fist.
A security guard saw the incident, according to the report.
Wingett told the investigating officer she punched the nurse because "voices she hears tell her to threaten people."
The case was investigated by the Joplin Police Department.
6 comments:
Yea, the voice of reason.
When acting in an illegal manner, it’s always “the voices” lol
Schizophrenia patients frequently do have auditory and/or visual hallucinations. If she does have this disorder, she definitely could have been hearing voices.
Leanna Lee Wingett, probably drug induced, her past escapades will be showing up on YouTube soon.
Assault from a patient towards staff is not out of the ordinary. Very frequently patients come in with either psychological issues or are confused for some reason, and they can be pretty aggressive. Just not a lot of the staff file charges against them though because they think nothing will come of it.
No matter what your job is, no one deserves to be treated in a physical, verbal, or aggressive manner. How many times have we seen simple situations get out of hand, people at fast food restaurants taking their anger out and using abusive actions on these workers for no apparent reason other than they think they can get away with it. These abusive individuals need to be charged and taken to jail and possible sued in civil court. We have got to stop this onslaught of people thinking they can use this abusive behavior and get away with it.
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