The Strange Case Of The NJ Man Charged With Trespassing At A Hospital

CARMEL, NY — Sheriff Kevin J. McConville said that a New Jersey man was arrested for a strange incident at the Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel.

On October 25, hospital security told investigators that they were alerted to a suspicious man who had entered the hospital by following an employee through a card access door. He was then seen on surveillance video walking throughout the building without a legitimate purpose, the sheriff's office said.

Investigators were able to identify the vehicle that the man used that day, and over the next several months, were able to identify a suspect.

In December, an arrest warrant was issued by the Honorable Judge Miller in the Town of Carmel Court, charging 59-year-old Edward V. Alexander with third degree criminal trespass.

On Tuesday, investigators were informed by the Orange County Correctional Facility that Alexander, who they were holding on a burglary charge, was being released from the facility, but would remain in custody on the PCSO warrant.

Investigators responded to the correctional facility and took Alexander into custody. He was brought to the Town of Southeast Court, where he was arraigned in front of the Honorable Judge Vercollone and ordered to be fitted with an electronic ankle monitor by the Putnam County Probation Department.

He was then taken to the Putnam County Correctional Facility, where Probation secured the monitor, and he was released with a future court date.