Hershel Merritt (Photo: Palm Beach County Jail)
A local man has been charged with ripping the door handle off a security vehicle at Boca Raton Regional Hospital and throwing it at the security officer in the car, striking him with it.
Hershel Merritt, 32, of Coral Springs, was arrested in connection with the Feb. 2, 2026 incident that occurred at 6:59 p.m., according to a police report. The report stated that a security officer called police reporting a man had approached his marked security vehicle at the hospital’s parking garage and asked for a ride to the front entrance of the facility. The security officer told the man, later identified Merritt, that he was unable to do so…