COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him in jail.
Kenton County jail Chief Deputy Scott Colvin says deputies have had to turn away several patients of Douglas Rank, charged last month with first-degree assault in an attack on 32-year-old Misty Luke of Covington.
Colvin tells the Kentucky Enquirer that some patients have asked if they could drop off Rank's prescription pad at the jail so he could write their prescriptions.
Colvin says the requests have been denied, as prisoners are not allowed to practice their trade in jail.
At a hearing Tuesday, witnesses said the Covington psychiatrist towered over his bloodied patient with a sword in both hands before he was distracted and had the weapon wrestled away from him.
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