LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Lakehurst man got hostile at the Monmouth Medical Center Campus (formerly Kimbal Medical Center) and police were called in to subdue him.

Paul J. Smith, 44, of Lakehurst, was charged yesterday, April 20, with false public alarm (2nd degree) and criminal mischief (3rd degree). Smith allegedly pulled a fire alarm yesterday at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood. He also allegedly broke a television, a sink faucet, and an IV pump, causing more than $2,000 in damage. Hospital staff had to struggle to restrain him.

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