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CRIMEJul 21 · 23:05 UTCWAFB BATON ROUGELizzie Jensen, Jordan Gartner

‘I knew what to do’: Travel nurse uses military training to disarm knife-wielding attacker

A travel nurse named Leceadricke Young used military-style techniques learned in a teen explorer program to disarm a knife-wielding attacker who was chasing a fire captain outside a Vermont nursing home. The incident occurred at Elderwood Nursing Home, where Young intervened after witnessing the assault, leading to the arrest of 29-year-old Wayne Butchino on charges including attempted murder.

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