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N.B. RCMP investigate second complaint linked to nurse assault at Moncton hospital

CTV Atlantic Published Wednesday, July 24, 2019 2:58PM ADT Last Updated Wednesday, July 24, 2019 3:09PM ADT

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Bruce Randolph Van Horlick (right) leaves Moncton court with his lawyer on July 16, 2019.

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New Brunswick Mounties arrested a 69-year-old man on Tuesday in relation to an incident at a Moncton hospital in March.

Police say it is a second complaint related to the assault of a nurse on March 11 at the Dr.-Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, an incident that that they were already investigating.

The Codiac Regional RCMP responded to a complaint that a staff member had been assaulted and made an arrest at the scene.

"On June 4, 69-year-old Bruce Randolph Van Horlick of Acadieville, N.B. appeared in Moncton Provincial Court and was charged with assault causing bodily harm," the RCMP said in a news release. "As part of the ongoing investigation, police received information from a second complainant regarding the same incident. In light of the new information, a 69-year-old man was arrested on July 23. He was released on conditions pending an appearance at Moncton Provincial Court on Sept. 25."