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Maryland inmate tries to escape hospital after feigning illness, attacks sheriff’s deputies: report

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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A Montgomery County inmate attacked two sheriff’s deputies in an try to flee as he was discharged from a hospital, police stated Thursday.

The inmate was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, Gaithersburg, Maryland, for medical care on Tuesday, however as soon as he arrived, he denied remedy, police stated in a information launch. Because the inmate was escorted from the hospital, he advised deputies he wanted to make use of the lavatory, the place he feigned sickness, police stated.

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When deputies launched the inmate’s restraints, police stated he assaulted them and tried to get ahold of a deputy’s firearm. The inmate was taken into custody and returned to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, the place he was being held after a sequence of financial institution robberies, police stated.

The inmate can also be charged with first- and second-degree assault, disarming a legislation enforcement officer and first-degree escape.

Supply: Fox Information