PENSACOLA, Fla. – Police say a 47-year-old maintenance worker at a Pensacola hospital beat a 13-year-old patient after hearing that the child had made the holes in a wall that he was repairing.
Pensacola police arrested Kevin Douglas on Wednesday following the Jan. 2 incident at Baptist Hospital.
Douglas is charged with cruelty to a child. Hospital officials say they fired Douglas after the incident.
According to an arrest report, Douglas overheard a nurse saying the boy had made the holes in the wall. Douglas then started beating the child. Douglas posted bond and was released from jail on Wednesday.