Crime & Safety

Police: Patient Arrested at Provena for Shooting Coke in Bathroom

The man, who gave addresses in Romeoville and Plainfield, checked in with a headache and high blood pressure. He checked out with a felony drug possession charge.

A local man went to the hospital with a headache and high blood pressure, but apparently didn't think they had enough drugs there for him, police said.

Gregory Heintz, 35, got caught allegedly shooting cocaine in the bathroom of his Provena St. Joseph Medical Center, route: {:controller=>"listings", :action=>"show", :id=>"provena-saint-joseph-medical-center-dc2a8be3"} --> hospital room. Heintz was arrested upon his release from the hospital Tuesday evening and was booked into the


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