N.H. Nurse Lies On Job To Get Man Committed

As seen on CBS4 in Boston, MA

A 30-year-old New Hampshire nurse was accused of lying on the job in order to get a man involuntarily admitted to a mental hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Julia Lynch of Baer Road in Rollinsford, New Hampshire was arrested for four charges: false swearing, attempted false imprisonment, stalking, and tampering with a public or private record.

Lynch reportedly filed false Involuntary Emergency Admission paperwork against a man known to her. Lynch was employed as a nurse at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital at the time that these crimes are alleged to have occurred, during October. Ms. Lynch was processed at the Portsmouth Police Department and released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail. She is scheduled for an arraignment in Portsmouth District Court on December 4th, 2006.