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Hospital employee cut on face in attack at UNMC, police say

Posted at 9:11 PM, Jul 21, 2017
and last updated 2017-07-21 22:11:25-04

An employee at University of Nebraska Medical Center was cut on her face in an attack Friday morning at the hospital, according to Omaha Police.

At 8:19 a.m., officers responded to a call of a cutting at Nebraska Medical Center, near 42nd Street and Dewey Avenue, an OPD press release states. A hospital employee had been cut on her face with a sharp object, requiring stitches, the release states.

Police arrested Zacherey Dvorak, 37, and booked him at Douglas County Corrections; he faces charges for assault of a healthcare professional and use of a weapon to commit a felony.