Probation For Glenview Man In Arlington Heights Hospital Attack

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — A Glenview man was sentenced to two years probation Tuesday as part of a plea deal stemming from an attack that injured a nurse and two other Northwest Community Hospital employees while the man was a patient at the facility last year, the Daily Herald reports. James Mette, 27, also was fined $864 after pleading guilty to aggravated battery in connection with the Nov. 25 incident, the report added.

According to Arlington Heights police, Mette, of the 4200 block of Lake Street, exited the hospital room he was in as a patient and then lept over a counter at a nurse, who tried to fight hm off. The nurse was pushed into an empty room and and pinned against the wall with the door closed. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest Glenview news. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

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The attack lasted about a half hour, and the nurse, as well as two other hospital workers, suffered minor injuries. Before the plea deal, Mette initially was charged with aggravated battery to a nurse and aggravated kidnapping.

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James Mette, 27 (Photo via Cook County Sheriff's Office)

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