OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Police have a 22-year-old man in custody who they say robbed and assaulted a nurse in an Omaha hospital parking lot earlier this month.

Mocktavin Dial was booked Saturday on preliminary charges of first-degree false imprisonment, assault by strangulation, and robbery, according to an OPD news release sent out on Wednesday.

“Omaha Police commend the Methodist staff member for their bravery and quick response,” the release states.

According to police reports, the nurse was threatened Saturday afternoon in the parking garage at Methodist Hospital near 85th and Dodge streets by a man with a weapon. The man took money and attempted a sexual assault, but the nurse was able to escape and drive to the emergency department at the hospital. Methodist Security then alerted pol

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