BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Kimberly Frank, Mequon Psychiatrist, “pleaded insanity”
FOX 6 Now Milwaukee 'It was just dropped, like it never happened:' Child psychiatrist still practicing after psychotic episode By Bryan Polcyn September 12, 2018 MEQUON — A Wisconsin psychiatrist pleaded insanity, and the court agreed, so how is she still practicing? ... In the spring of 2011, a mother took her three young children to a Naples, Florida beach, where a mentally unstable stranger mistook the children for her own. "The woman was yelling 'these are my kids. Jesus, these are my kids!'" said Ashli Minor, the mother of the three children. Minor lives in [...]
Harry Brown, Weston Psychiatrist – let his secretary sign prescriptions
Harry Brown Hartford Courant State Medical Board Disciplines 3 Doctors By Kate Farrish August 21, 2018 --Excerpt Also on Tuesday, the board rejected a consent order that would have imposed a $25,000 fine against a Weston psychiatrist who let his secretary sign prescriptions for controlled substances for herself and for patients he had not examined.The psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Brown, would also have been reprimanded and had his license placed on probation for two years under the order. Brown has surrendered his state registration to prescribe controlled substances. Board members said the proposed discipline was not stringent enough. From 2014 [...]
Peter Neubauer, Austria Psychiatrist, split up triplets at birth “to study them”
Peter Neubauer NaijaNews The Incredible Story Of The Identical Triplets Separated At Birth July 24, 2018 By Olawale Adeniyi -- Excerpt The triplets became a media phenomenon after they met at age 19, but things began to shift in the 1990s Robert, David and Eddy were born in a suburb of New York in July 1961. They were separated at birth and given to adoption for three different families. The three grew up unaware that they were identical twins, until, by a coincidence, they finally got to know each other. At age 19, Robert Shafran went to university for [...]
Matthew Hopkins, Wyoming Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Matthew Hopkins Associated Press Jury convicts former Wyoming psychiatrist --Excerpt CODY, Wyo. (AP) - A former Wyoming psychiatrist has been found guilty of several charges stemming from a crash that injured another person. A jury in Cody convicted Matthew Hopkins of intentional misuse of a toxic product, controlled substance DUI and aggravated assault. The Cody Enterprise reports that District Judge David Park sentenced Hopkins to 18 to 36 months of prison, with credit for a little over two months he served last summer in jail. Prosecutors said Hopkins had been inhaling compressed air before the wreck occurred on March 14, [...]
William Lewek, NY Psychiatrist, Back to Prison
Democrat and Chronicle William Lewek, who admitted to burying body, back in jail on parole violations --Excerpt William Lewek, the former psychiatrist who admitted to burying the body of a dead man in his backyard, has been returned to jail on three parole violations. Lewek, 66, is accused of possessing hydrocodone and failing to seek a mental health evaluation. There are two violations related to the mental health issue, according to Lewek's attorney, Matthew Parrinello. Lewek, who has lost his medical license, pleaded guilty in February 2015 to burying the body of 32-year-old Matthew Straton in the backyard of [...]
Julian Kent, Aussie Psychiatrist, banned for life
Julian Kent The Advertiser (source:https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/) BEAST ON THE COUCH November 18, 2017 By Nigel Hunt -- Excerpt An Adelaide psychiatrist who sexually abused three of his vulnerable patients has been banned for life, after a lengthy investigation by police and the state's medical board. Dr Julian Kent, right, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct over the shocking abuse, which happened over a 12-year period and inflicted further psychological damage to his victims. In one of the worst cases of misconduct uncovered in the profession in Adelaide, the SA Health Practitioners Tribunal permanently disqualified Dr Kent from applying for registration after [...]
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau “medical license was placed on probation”
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau Johnson City Press 3 local doctors disciplined after overprescribing, stalking and other offenses, state says Oct 15, 2017 Updated Jun 24, 2020 --Excerpt Dan Nicolau, Johnson City. After entering into a romantic relationship with an acquaintance to whom he prescribed drugs and later stalked, Nicolau’s medical license was placed on probation for two years... Nicolau was ordered by the court to pay costs, complete a treatment plan established by the TBME and have no contact with “C.B.” After a multidisciplinary assessment, it was recommended Nicolau refrain from consuming alcohol for one year, participate in a [...]
Marshall Hubsher, Sands Point Psychiatrist, sentenced
Marshall Hubsher Long Island Business News Former psychiatrist sentenced in attempted jury tampering, burglary case --Excerpt A former psychiatrist has been sentenced in a case involving attempted jury tampering and burglary, authorities said Wednesday. Marshall Hubsher of Sands Point was sentenced to one to three years after he pleaded guilty in July to third-degree burglary and two counts of first-degree attempted tampering with a juror... While Hubsher was on trial in a separate case in 2016, he entered private jury rooms and placed signs there with falsified jury instructions in an effort to tamper with a sitting jury deliberating on [...]
Sibyl Simon, Florida Psychiatrist, arrested for destroying evidence
Sibyl Simon CBS12 Doctor arrested for hit and run, destroying evidence --Excerpt A Coral Springs doctor was arrested for a bizarre hit and run incident in St. Lucie County. Florida Highway Patrol released the arrest warrant affidavit to CBS12 Thursday and said that Sibyl Simon, was arrested for damage to property, criminal mischief, and destroying evidence, both felony offenses. The affidavit identifies Dr. Sibyl Simon, as an employee at the Lawnwood Regional Medical Center. Public records say she is a licensed psychiatrist from Coral Springs, Fla... Dr. Simon admitted that she was the person driving the vehicle, but denied any [...]
Psychiatrist Mark Beale: 1-star Google rating
Psychiatrist Mark Beale Post & Courier (Charleston, SC) Libel lawsuit over West Ashley psychiatrist's 1-star Google rating sparks First Amendment fight, more 1-star reviews; Online review sparks lawsuit over libel July 30, 2017 Sunday By Andrew Knapp -- Excerpt A West Ashley psychiatrist was so offended by a poor online review that he has sued the anonymous critic and demanded that Google unmask the user's identity. What did the review say? Nothing. It simply gave Dr. Mark Beale one out of five stars - a judgment that Beale said has caused him "extreme and constant distress." Beale insisted that it [...]