Former UIC hospital contractor pleads guilty after showing patient gun in facility lobby
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Sat, December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC
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A man who used to work at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital was sentenced after video shows him showing a gun to a patient.
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Glenn Rhymes pleaded guilty on Christmas Eve to carrying a concealed firearm in a hospital. He was sentenced to four months of court supervision.
The alarming altercation and Rhymes' arrest were all captured on video.
Security video shows Rhymes, while on the job at the time, apparently threatening a patient, while showing a fully loaded gun inside a UI Health hospital lobby.
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There is also police body camera video that shows his arrest a short time later.
The body camera video shows as officers tracked down Rhymes on July 21, after, moments before, he allegedly brandished a gun during an altercation with a patient inside a packed hospital lobby.
After police retrieved a fully loaded gun from Rhymes, he then pleaded his case.
Rhymes was heard on the video saying he did show that he had a gun.
In the wake of this security scare, a University of Illinois Chicago spokesperson said in a statement, "During the incident, no shots were fired, and no injuries occurred. The hospital has implemented new and enhanced security protocols."
Aramark, the third-party food service contractor Rhymes worked for at the time of the incident, confirmed he is no longer with the company.