A Beaumont woman is charged with assaulting a public servant after allegedly punching a paramedic while being treated at a hospital, according to an arrest affidavit.
Police were dispatched around 3:56 p.m. Feb. 21 to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, in reference to an assault involving emergency medical personnel and another patient, the affidavit states.
Officers identified the suspect as Attaree Shanta Milton, 34. According to the affidavit, Milton had been transported to the hospital earlier that day after being found highly intoxicated on an unknown substance.
Ronald Nichols, a Beaumont Fire Department paramedic, told officers he was wearing his clearly marked fire department uniform while performing his duties in the emergency room.
Nichols told police Milton was on a stretcher when she punched him with a closed fist in the groin area, the affidavit states.
Milton was arrested and charged with assault on a public servant, a third-degree felony under Texas law. She was transported to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility, where she was booked without further incident.
