Man arrested after assaulting staff, threatening to blow up mental health hospital, charges say

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Kearns man has been arrested and charged after physically assaulting healthcare workers and threatening to blow up the Huntsman Mental Health Institute.

Lorin Doyle Lee, 55, has been charged with threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony, and four counts of assault/threat of violence on a healthcare provider, a Class A misdemeanor.

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According to documents, on June 22, 2025, University of Utah Police were contacted about an assault on a healthcare worker at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. The nurse supervisor spoke with an officer and told him that a man had physically attacked staff…

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