TOMBALL, Texas – There are new developments in the case against a Montgomery County man accused of barricading himself inside a Tomball hospital with a gun.
A judge revoked bond for George Pickering Friday morning and sent him back to jail.
Pickering is accused of holding a nurse hostage during a standoff at Tomball Regional Hospital in January. According to police, Pickering pulled out a gun after he was told his son, who suffered a catastrophic stroke, would be taken off life support.
It sparked a standoff that lasted four hours.
"They wanted to expedite taking my son as a donor and they were moving way too fast," Pickering said.
The judge at the time told Pickering to stay away from his son and he could stay out of jail until trial.
"He was admonished by the judge stating no contact means no contact of any kind and he still did not follow that," said prosecutor Brittney Aaron.
The violation was him being baptized on Easter with his son, also named George. So Pickering was arrested and put in jail.
Pickering, 59, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault.