‘He was just trying something new’: Man high on crack sexually assaulted sleeping stroke patient, cops say

Inset: Shamon Pearce (Fulton County Sheriff

Inset: Shamon Pearce (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Grady Memorial Hospital (WSB).

A Georgia man allegedly high on crack was found naked in a stroke patient’s room at an Atlanta hospital in a case of attempted sexual assault of a sleeping patient.

Shamon Pearce, 24, faces charges of aggravated assault, battery and misdemeanor sexual battery in the attack of the 47-year-old woman, online jail booking records show.

The incident happened on Sept. 27 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, police said. Nurses initially spotted Pearce smoking from a crack pipe in an elevator before he entered the room of a patient recovering from a stroke, reported Michael Seiden, with Atlanta’s ABC affiliate WSB, citing the police incident report.

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