Youngstown woman charged with making threat, assault at nursing home

Staff report

BOARDMAN

A Youngstown woman faces numerous criminal charges after police said she threatened to bring a gun to a nursing home and assaulted a nurse there.

According to a police report, officers were dispatched to Park Center on South Avenue on Oct. 26 for an assault report.

A nurse told police she had received numerous phone calls during which she hung up because she could not hear the person calling. About 15 minutes later, she said, Celeste Curry showed up at the nursing home, “charging up the hallway,” and confronted her about hanging up the phone.

The nurse said Curry then punched her in the face, then as she was leaving yelled, “I’m going to get my gun, and I’ll be back,” prompting the facility to lock down.

Numerous residents and staff members backed up the nurse’s account of what happened, according to the report. Police also reported observing injuries on the nurse’s face.

Police arrested Curry, 55, on Saturday on charges of assault, intimidation and inducing panic, and on a Youngstown Municipal Court warrant for failing to appear in court for a traffic violation, according to the report.

Although Curry said she was the wife of a patient there, the man told police he and Curry were just friends.

Curry is scheduled to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here Tuesday for arraignment.