Youngstown man charged with punching doctor in face

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded no contest in 2015 to charges he punched a doctor at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and entered the same plea in 2014 for assaulting a hospital police officer was arrested Tuesday after reports said he punched another doctor at the hospital.

Julius Riley, 39, of Youngstown, was arraigned today in municipal court on charges of assault and criminal trespass. Mercy Health Police arrested him after reports said he punched a doctor in the face about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Reports said the doctor tried to comfort Riley, who was brooding, and Riley punched him in the nose.

Court records show in the 2014 and 2015 cases he was found guilty, issued fines and placed on probation.

Visiting Judge Barbara Watson set Riley’s bond at $5,000. He was in the Mahoning County jail late this afternoon.