Anyways, one Danae Nelson of Waterloo, Iowa was
arrested at Covenant Medical Center after a disturbance there.
Waterloo Police were called to Covenant Medical Center, 3421 West Ninth Street, at around one o'clock on Friday afternoon. According to Waterloo Police, Danae Nelson, no age given, was at Covenant to visit her child who was being treated. Nelson became upset when she was denied access after she refused to don a required medical mask for contamination purposes. Nelson then forced her way into the patient room where she assaulted several people in the room including her husband, a DHS worker and Covenant personnel. Nelson also used a butane lighter during the incident and attempted to set fire to the clothing of a Covenant Medical Center employee.
Nelson was taken into custody and charged with Reckless Use of Fire, Child Endangerment, Assault Domestic Abuse and two counts of Assault on Persons engaged in Certain Occupations. Nelson is currently in custody at the Black Hawk County Jail.