<p class="speakable">A <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/north-carolina" rel="noopener" target="_blank">North Carolina man</a> with a lengthy rap sheet is back behind bars after allegedly assaulting a police officer at a local hospital. </p><p class="speakable">Justin Wilkes, 37, was taken into custody on Wednesday after he allegedly hit a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" rel="noopener" target="_blank">campus police officer</a> in the head at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, <a href="https://www.wbtv.com/2026/02/19/police-officer-assaulted-north-carolina-hospital-by-man-with-lengthy-criminal-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><u>according to</u></a> WBTV. </p><p>Wilkes allegedly had been ordered to leave the property, resulting in an argument in which Wilkes began yelling at the officer, the outlet reported. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/violent-repeat-offender-accused-killing-teacher-911-call-revealed-her-final-moments-report" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDER ACCUSED OF KILLING TEACHER AS 911 CALL REVEALED HER FINAL MOMENTS: REPORT</strong></a></p><p>As Wilkes was being arrested, he allegedly hit the officer in the head and made "utterances" with the intent to "provoke immediate violent retaliation."</p><p>Wilkes was later arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer, according to jail records obtained by Fox News Digital. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-allegedly-ambushed-woman-florida-beach-random-attempted-drowning-attack-police" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALLEGEDLY AMBUSHED WOMAN ON FLORIDA BEACH IN RANDOM ATTEMPTED DROWNING ATTACK: POLICE</strong></a></p><p>According to court records obtained by WBTV, Wiles was out of jail on pretrial release at the time of Wednesday’s arrest. </p><p>He had previously been arrested on Feb. 11 – just one week earlier – for trespassing at the same hospital. </p><p>Court records obtained by WBTV also indicate Wilkes has a lengthy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/crime" rel="noopener" target="_blank">criminal history</a> dating back to 2005, with charges including drug offenses, assault and robbery. He had reportedly been sent to prison numerous times and was most recently released in July 2023.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/repeat-offender-labeled-danger-community-walks-free-after-biden-autopen-clemency" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>REPEAT OFFENDER LABELED 'DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY' WALKS FREE AFTER BIDEN AUTOPEN CLEMENCY</strong></a></p><p>He currently remains in custody at the Pitt County Jail, where he is being held without bond. </p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>The Pitt County prosecutor’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.</p>