Jeffrey Edwin Schalker

On April 25, 2026, at 0154 hours, St. Paul police officers responded to United Hospital, 333 Smith, St. Paul, Ramsey County, on a report of a male damaging hospital equipment. Hospital staff reported that Jeffrey Edwin Schalker, [DOB REDACTED], had been admitted to the hospital for suicidal ideation. He asked his nurse for a computer to use during his stay. Staff provided it. When the nurse returned to the room, the computer monitored had been damaged. Surveillance video showed Schalker picking up the monitor and smashing it to the floor.

The computer monitor is valued at $2000. In post-Miranda interview, Schalker said that he broke the monitor by accident. Although admitted that he was not on his medications at the time and he admitted that he was upset with his nurse because he called her a b****, and she replied by calling him an a******.