A U.S. woman was arrested on trespassing charges after refusing to leave her daughter’s side after hospital visiting hours ended at UF Health North.

The 70-year-old Lynn Amber Savage, who is a 20-year retired deputy with the Stark County Sheriff's Office in Ohio, had to be removed from her daughter’s hospital room by force. Her daughter was recovering from surgery at UF Health North on Max Leggett Parkway, Florida.

Amber Lynn Miller, 45, is a mother of four children and the daughter of Savage. She was a paralegal in Jacksonville for 15 years until her life took a tragic turn after she had a stroke in 2015.

“Amber is non-verbal. The stroke affected her right side. She’s partially paralyzed on her right side,” Savage said.

Between Miller’s stroke in 2015 and this month, a piece of her skull dropped and grew on her brain.

Savage said she took her daughter to UF Health North to get a craniectomy Oct. 4.

“The doctor’s nursing assistant came out and got me and asked if Amber had a problem with anxiety because she was starting to pull cords and wires,” Savage said.

When Savage got to her daughter’s hospital room, she said her daughter became calm but that later that evening things took a turn for the worse.

“When they brought her back to the room, they said the MRI was worse than the one they took right after surgery,” she said.

Due to COVID-19, visitation hours at UF Health North are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Police were called to the hospital in reference to an individual refusing to leave after visitation hours ended. The hospital’s security officers had already spent “a couple of hours” pleading with Savage to leave because visitation had ended at 7 p.m.

“I didn’t put up any fight. I didn’t get angry. I simply stated I’m not leaving,” Savage said. “I cannot in good conscience leave my daughter when I don’t even know if she is going to make it through the night.”

The officer explained to Savage that the reason security called the police was for a trespass warning.

Savage was cooperative as the officer placed her under arrest. After the officer escorted her outside the hospital, he pleaded with Savage to “come to reason,” leave and return when visitation resumed the next morning at 9 a.m.

Savage refused, saying on principle if something were to happen to her daughter, she wanted to be by her side. She spent the night in jail and was released on her own recognizance.

Savage said her daughter is home now and she is still recovering. Later this month, Miller is expected to have another MRI. (SD-Agencies)