BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Evan Zimmer, Miami Psychiatrist, indicted for racketeering
The Miami Herald Complaints about medical professionals gather dust; INVESTIGATION --Excerpt Evan Zimmer has been indicted for racketeering, arrested for drunk driving, and busted for soliciting a prostitute, after which he showed up in court while impaired. He’s also a psychiatrist, licensed to this day to practice in South Florida... Excerpted from: Complaints about medical professionals gather dust; INVESTIGATION By Steve Miller The Miami Herald October 20 2013 Read the full original article here. This excerpt is reproduced for purposes of commentary, criticism, and public education under fair-use principles.
William Ayres, Peninsula child psychiatrist, sentenced
William Ayres San Jose Mercury News Peninsula child psychiatrist William Ayres sentenced to eight years for molesting patients --Excerpt REDWOOD CITY -- As one victim after another testified, calling William Ayres a monster and a serial child-abuser who robbed them of their innocence, the once-renowned child psychiatrist sat stoically Monday as a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison for molesting his former patients. Because of his age and health problems, it is likely a life sentence for the 81-year-old ex-doctor who pleaded no contest to eight felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with [...]
William Ellien, Savannah Psychiatrist, sentenced to prison
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Georgia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 24, 2013 Savannah Doctor Sentenced To 30 Months In Pills For Sex Scheme SAVANNAH , GA: WILLIAM ELLIEN, 57, of Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr., to 30 months in prison for exchanging prescriptions for highly addictive drugs in exchange for sex. Ellien was also sentenced to serve 3 years of supervised release upon his release from prison and ordered to surrender all of his medical licenses. According to the evidence presented during the [...]
Vladimir Rajkovic, Zimbabwe psychiatrist, arrested
Vladimir Rajkovic NewsDay ‘Psychiatrist wanted woman to have sex with dog’ By The NewsDay June 30, 2011 -- Excerpt A psychiatric doctor, Vladimir Rajkovic, may well require mental examination himself after he was hauled before the courts for allegedly inserting an artificial manhood into a woman’s private parts before trying to force her into bestiality. He also allegedly took pictures of the woman in the nude before threatening her with a gun after she refused to engage in the act. The incident which is likely to shock some ladies of the night is said to have occurred on June 7 [...]
Kimberly Hammes Frank, Mequon psychiatrist, charged
Journal Sentinel Mequon psychiatrist charged with child abduction attempt in Florida --Excerpt A Mequon psychiatrist has been arrested in Florida on charges of child abuse after sheriff’s officials there say she tried to abduct two children from a beach north of Naples. Kimberly Hammes Frank, 47, was arrested Wednesday, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office records. A sheriff’s spokeswoman said Frank was later released on $30,000 bond. She is scheduled for arraignment on the charge of child abuse without great harm, a felony, on May 2. An arrest report indicates a woman was playing in the Gulf of Mexico [...]
James Edgar, South Tampa psychiatrist, arrested
James Edgar South Florida Sun-Sentinel HERE'S HOW TO SETTLE A DISPUTE WITH YOUR POOL CLEANER. BRING OUT YOUR SHOTGUN --Excerpt Let's see if we've got this right. A South Tampa psychiatrist hauls out a gun after he and a pool cleaner get in an argument. Aren't psychiatrists supposed to talk people through conflicts? But James Roy Edgar, 64, a South Tampa psychiatrist, told police he confronted Stephen Lafoe, 35, an employee of Bay Area Pool Service, outside his home because he had repeatedly asked pool cleaners not to park in his private driveway... Lafoe said he ignored the doctor as [...]
Jean Eric Gassy, Aussie Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Jean Eric Gassy The Sydney Morning Herald Ex-psychiatrist gets 30 years for murder --Excerpt Former Sydney psychiatrist Jean Eric Gassy held a murderous grudge for eight years. When deregistered from his profession, Gassy blamed his boss, Margaret Tobin... Gassy hired a car, drove from Sydney to Adelaide, and killed Dr Tobin. He shot his ex-boss four times from close range as she exited a lift in her central Adelaide office block... Gassy, who has never admitted to killing Dr Tobin, was found guilty of the murder for a second time last month and handed a 30-year non-parole period on Friday. [...]
George Frimpong, Ghana Psychiatrist, convicted
George Frimpong GhanaWeb Psychiatrist fined for arson August 26, 2005 -- Excerpt George Frimpong, a Ghanaian psychiatrist based in London was on Friday fined two million cedis by a circuit court in Kumasi for setting a house on fire. Frimpong, who was convicted on his own plea of guilty... She said sometime in 2004, neighbours saw signs of smoke coming out of Madam Ofori's house but managed to put it under control. Madam Ofori made a report to the police but before the suspects could be traced Frimpong had gone back to London, the prosecutor said. Chief Inspector Oseiwaah [...]
George Kubski defense: “My Brain was Shrinking”
Psychiatrist George Kubski Palm Beach Post (Florida) PSYCHIATRIST GETS YEAR FOR PATIENT'S PILL DEATH --Excerpt He killed one of his patients by prescribing more than 20,000 pills in three months. On Friday, facing 15 years in prison, Dr. George Kubski could offer no explanation. But fellow physicians testified they had solved the mystery of how a respected psychiatrist with an unblemished record became a pill mill for at least one patient: Brain damage. And a judge agreed. In a hearing full of surprises, Circuit Judge Richard Wennet allowed attorney Patricia Woods Marin, who represents the child of the deceased, to [...]
Bennett Braun, Chicago Psychiatrist, license suspended
Bennett Braun Chicago Tribune CONTROVERSIAL PSYCHIATRIST SUSPENDED; RECOVERED MEMORY CASE SPURS STATE MOVE By Lisa Donovan October 8, 1999 -- Excerpt State officials have suspended the medical license of Chicago psychiatrist Bennett Braun, considered a leader in the controversial field of recovered memory and multiple personality therapy. Starting Thursday, Braun is prohibited from practicing for two years. After the suspension, he faces a minimum 5-year probation period that precludes him from treating patients diagnosed with multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder. The Department of Professional Regulation's disciplinary action comes a year after the state agency filed a nine-count complaint [...]