Sigh Of Relief
Hospital staff and patients are breathing easier on Wednesday - police have made an arrest in the case of a maternity ward sex assault intruder. Authorities caught up to Zachariah Scott after a flurry of activity late Tuesday. The 25-year-old suspect most recently worked at St. Michael's Hospital in the shipping department. But he was suspended just before officers arrived, for showing up in parts of the institution where he didn't belong.
Police had received numerous tips on a suspect since the release of a Mt. Sinai Hospital security video, which showed a man dressed in scrubs, who apparently approached two new moms posing as a 'lactation consultant'. He addressed the women in convincing medical terms, fondled them, then left. But when one of the victims asked when he'd be returning, she was informed all their technicians were female. And that sounded the alarm.
Investigators believed the man worked in a hospital setting. But Scott was eventually arrested on the street, while walking home around 12:30am. He faces two counts of sexual assault.