Overview
- Harris County court records list three felony counts of assault of hospital personnel against Sgt. Robert Earl Nobles Jr., 42.
- Charging documents say the patient awaiting an MRI struck one nurse, hit a 26-weeks-pregnant nurse with a printer and a monitor, and punched a third nurse who briefly lost consciousness.
- Investigators reported that hospital surveillance footage aligns with the nurses’ accounts.
- Precinct 3 leadership said Nobles was relieved of duty and placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs review.
- Court records indicate he remained hospitalized and had not been arrested or interviewed at the time, as doctors had ordered sedation; the offense is a third-degree felony carrying up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.