Teen accused of punching SMC security staff member

STILLWATER — A teenager, who was described in an affidavit as intoxicated and belligerent in the Stillwater Medical Center’s emergency room waiting area, has been ordered to appear in court on Feb. 2 on a felony charge of punching a security staff member in the neck.

If convicted of assault and battery on a medical care provider, Noah Lee Schutter, 18, of Little Elm, Texas, could be given a two-year prison term and a $1,000 fine. Schutter could be given a 30-day jail term and $100 fine if convicted of public intoxication. He was released from jail on $1,000 bond the day of his arrest.

Stillwater Police Officer Roland Gee had been sent at 11:30 pm on Dec. 3 to the hospital on a report that security staff “were in an altercation with an intoxicated patient in the entrance to the ER and they now have him pinned down,” an affidavit alleged…

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