Hospital employees honored for helping subdue fleeing inmate
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) – Two Kingsport hospital employees have been awarded plaques for helping subdue an inmate who tried to escape custody.
The Kingsport Times-News reports Christopher Light was arrested in January on charges related to several robberies. Once in jail, he feigned chest pains and was taken to Indian Path Medical Center for evaluation.
According to police, as an officer was reapplying handcuffs, Light shoved a bed at him. A struggle ensued with Light using the officer’s chemical spray. Light was subdued with the help of CT scan technician Keri Spears and hospital security officer Josh Crosby.
On Thursday, Spears and Crosby received plaques from Sullivan County Sheriff Wayne Anderson.
He praised the pair for risking their own safety to help an officer.
