Police: Suicidal Man Escaped Hospital, Broke Into Home in Westminster

A suicidal man escaped from the emergency room at Carroll Hospital Center Wednesday night and broke into a Westminster home before being caught by police, officials said.

The man, who has not yet been charged, and Carroll County sheriff’s officials have not yet identified, ran away from the emergency room at about 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, according to a release.

Officers from the Carroll County sheriff’s department and the Maryland State police converged on the area. Officials in a Maryland State Police helicopter searched for the man as well, police said.

At one point after the hospital escape, police said they spotted the man and chased him, but he was able to get away, according to a release. 

Shortly after that, police said the man broke into a home on Denton Drive in Westminster where “he confronted a homeowner and asked him to use his phone.” 

The homeowner complied, police said. The homeowner was able to leave the house and call 911.

“Deputies and troopers converged on the house and entered it, finding the subject hiding in a bedroom,” police said in a release.

Charges are pending against the man for burglary and resisting arrest, police said. He was returned to the hospital in police custody Wednesday night.

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