PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Three Butler Hospital staffers and a Providence police officer are on the mend after being assaulted by a patient last week.
Elias Dominguez, 34, has been charged with three counts of assault on a health care provider, assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Officers were called to the hospital Friday night after receiving reports of a patient who was assaulting staff.
Police said an officer immediately confronted the patient, later identified as Dominguez, who became combative and charged at him…