“While officers were trying to get a medical clearance” to transport Ruiz to jail he “lashed out and kicked one of the nurses in the face” on the right cheek. During the incident, Juarez said, another nurse “got her finger pinched when he was rolling around on the gurney.”Ruiz, who is on parole, was arrested and booked for delaying and obstructing a police officer and being under the influence of a controlled substance. He was also arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.“When someone kicks another person in the face and the head,” noted Juarez, “that is considered pretty serious stuff.” Ruiz was transported to Ventura County Jail and booked on the charges.
Santa Paula man revived and then arrested after two hospital nurses injured
October 16, 2009
Santa Paula Police Department
What started out as a medical rescue attempt on an area man who had overdosed on an illegal narcotic turned into a physical altercation at Santa Paula Hospital that injured two nurses and led to the patient’s arrest on numerous charges.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesWhat started out as a medical rescue attempt on an area man who had overdosed on an illegal narcotic turned into a physical altercation at Santa Paula Hospital that injured two nurses and led to the patient’s arrest on numerous charges.According to Santa Paula Police Lieutenant Carlos Juarez, the October 10 incident started after officers responded to an approximately 8 p.m. report that a male suspected of overdosing on heroin was lying outside in the 100 block of Sheppard Road near West Telegraph Road. Upon arrival officers found the subject in the street near an area business and discovered he was not breathing.“An overdose was suspected,” and after rescue attempts were conducted on scene by Santa Paula Fire EMTs and AMR paramedics, the man was transported to Santa Paula Hospital. Once in the Emergency Room the man, identified as Samuel Ruiz Sr., 41, of Santa Paula, was given a drug used to revive overdose patients.
