MN- State hospital patient faces felony charge

Is it any wonder aman knowing his life is being illegally cut short, would not resort to conduct such as this.

2-1-2009 Minnesota:

ST. PETER — A 25-year old patient with the Minnesota Sex Offender Progam (MSOP) who is housed at the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center has been charged with a felony for allegedly punching a security counselor with a fist.

Dustin Kenneth Lee Nelson has been charged in Nicollet County District Court with felony fourth degree assault (secured treatment facility personnel). If convicted, he could face a maximum penalty of two years in jail and a $4,000 fine.

Court records show St. Peter Police were notified on December 29 by an MSOP investigative supervisor of an assault involving Nelson which happened at the Regional Treatment Center on November 26.

The report indicated that day Nelson had become verbally abusive to staff in his unit and was in the process of being restrained to be taken into protective isolation when he punched a security counselor with a closed fist in the left cheek and eyebrow area.

The officer observed the victim’s face to be red and swollen and the victim was later treated at River’s Edge Hospital for minor head trauma injuries.

Since the incident, Nelson has been returned to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud.

He had served a seven-year prison sentence for a felony third degree sexual assault in Ramsey County as well 15 months for an assault conviction in Chisago County in 2005. He was in the process of being civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person when the most recent incident occurred and was eventually transferred out of the St. Peter facility. ..News Source..