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Associated Press - May 23, 2009 10:04 AM ET
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A South Florida nurse has been jailed after allegedly punching an elderly patient in the face.
Forty-3-year-old Richard Paul Anderson was arrested on a charge of abuse of an elderly person.
Police say another nurse saw him punching an 85-year-old man in the face several times; the victim needed nine stitches. Police say Anderson won't explain what happened but that he previously told another hospital employee that he hit the patient in self-defense.
Hospital officials declined to comment.
Information from: South Florida Sun Sentinel, http://www.sun sentinel.com
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