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Clifford Jacobson – Psychiatrist – Convicted of Mail Fraud
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York) March 12, 2013 N.Y. disciplines psychiatrist from Brighton By Patti Singer Psychiatrist Clifford Jacobson A psychiatrist who in 2002 was convicted of mail fraud and disciplined by the state Department of Health is again on probation for new, unrelated charges. Dr. Clifford Jacobson of Vanguard Psychiatric Services, 1655 Elmwood Ave., Brighton, was placed on 36-month probation effective March 11, fined $10,000 and had his practice restricted by the Board for Professional Medical Conduct for charges relating to prescribing practices and record keeping. Jacobson did not contest the charge of negligence on more than [...]
David Buckley – Psychiatrist – Sentenced – marijuana smuggling operation
The Miami Herald February 6, 1985 EX-PSYCHIATRIST GETS PRISON TERM By Herald Staff 2525 Barcelona Dr., Miami, Fl David K. Buckley, formerly a Fort Lauderdale psychiatrist, has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges. Buckley, 39, of 2525 Barcelona Dr., was indicted last May by a federal grand jury in Maine for his involvement in a 1979 marijuana smuggling ring. On June 29, Buckley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute it. At his sentencing Friday, a federal judge ordered him examined by psychiatrists before [...]
Emery Berczeller – Psychiatrist accused of filing false claims
The New York Times August 13, 1981 2 Indicted by U.S. In Medicare Fraud A Federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted a psychiatrist and a psychologist on charges of filing false Medicare claims in a 15-month period at the Beacon Hall Home for Adults in Beacon, N.Y. The psychiatrist, Dr. Emery Berczeller of Forest Hills, Queens, and the psychologist, George Cohen of Spring Valley, N.Y., were accused of filing claims for services that were not performed. The defendants filed the claims after asking mentally disabled patients at the home to sign blank Medicare forms, according to the prosecutor, Sara E. [...]
Lowell Finkelstein – NYC Psychiatrist Arrested – Strangulation of Nude Man in his Apartment
The New York Times PSYCHIATRIST, 33, HELD IN SLAYING October 27, 1985 469 West 57th Street, NYC A 33-year-old psychiatrist was arrested yesterday in connection with the apparent strangulation of a man found nude in the psychiatrist's apartment in Manhattan, the police said. The police said they expected the psychiatrist, Dr. Lowell Finkelstein, to be charged with second-degree murder. Officers went to Dr. Finkelstein's apartment at 469 West 57th Street off Tenth Avenue at 8:42 A.M. yesterday after neighbors reported hearing the sounds of a struggle, the police said. A police spokesman said Dr. Finkelstein answered the door in the [...]
Robert E Bell Jr – Head Psychiatrist Arrested Over Cans of Tuna
The Miami Herald PRISON PSYCHIATRIST JAILED AFTER ALTERCATION May 22, 1991 By Herald Staff Florida State Prison's head psychiatrist was in jail Tuesday on charges of breaking into a Bradford County home and threatening his former girlfriend at knife-point. Robert E Bell Jr, who has worked at the Starke prison since 1988, was arrested after Donna Lee Brannen reported that he broke into her home. Investigators said he threatened to stab and kill her unless she returned items he claimed she had taken: chocolate syrup, several cans of tuna and some cigarettes. Bell was charged with armed burglary and aggravated [...]
Louis Tsavaris – License Revoked for Killing Patient
The Associated Press State Revokes Tsavaris' Medical License By Ken Klein October 11, 1982 Psychiatrist Louis Tsavaris State medical authorities have revoked the license of a Tampa psychiatrist because he was convicted of manslaughter in the death of a female patient, officials said Monday. Dr. Louis J. Tsavaris was barred from practicing medicine by the Florida Board of Medical Examiners at its meeting in Bal Harbour over the weekend. Last year, Tsavaris was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury found him guilty in the death of Cassandra "Sally" Burton, who died in 1975. Tsavaris is being [...]
Robert M Thompson – Psychiatrist, Got 200 Years in Prison
United Press International Dateline: Little Rock, Arkansas October 2, 1982 A psychiatrist convicted for homosexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to 200 years in prison and fined $200,000. "I'm still shocked," Dr. Robert M. Thompson said as he was led from the courtroom Friday. "I must be a pretty bad guy. I didn't know this was worse than murder." Thompson, 48, of North Little Rock received the maximum fine and prison sentence on each of 20 counts of carnal abuse. Deputy prosecutor Lloyd King said the 200-year sentence was one of the longest handed down and the fine [...]
Infamous Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Must Turn Himself In Within 48 Hours – Sexually Assaulted Male Patients – He Once “Treated” Gay Soldiers with Electric Shocks
Montreal Gazette Calgary psychiatrist guilty of sex assault loses appeal, must turn himself in By Bill Graveland April 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has refused to overturn a psychiatrist's three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. Levin, 75, had asked the Appeal Court last October to dismiss the convictions and order a new trial. He had remained free on bail while the appeal was being heard. But the court has ruled [...]
Minnesota Psychiatrist James Jarmuskewicz Caught Peeping Under Stalls of Men’s Restroom in Louisiana
WDAY6 Child psychiatrist from Bemidji arrested for peeping in Baton Rouge bathroom By WDAY TV May 01, 2014 BATON ROUGE, LA -- LSU Police arrested a Minnesota man on suspicion of peeping under stalls of a men's restroom on campus. Psychiatrist James Jarmuskewicz LSUPD arrested James Jarmuskewicz, 56, of Wilton, Monday on peeping tom charges. Captain Cory Lalonde said police received a complaint that Jarmuskewicz had followed someone into a restroom in Middleton Library and laid on the floor to peer up into the victim's stall. The victim reported it to officers when he saw Jarmuskewicz in the library [...]
Oregon Psychiatrist Joel Rice Sentenced for Shooting 7 Cows
Capital Press Psychiatrist sentenced in cattle shooting By Mateusz Perkowski May 7, 2014 Psychiatrist Joel Rice LA GRANDE, Ore. — A psychiatrist from Eastern Oregon has pleaded guilty to seven counts of first degree animal abuse for shooting several cows last year. Joel Rice, 57, was sentenced to two days in jail and two years of probation, as well as $1,600 in fines and 369 hours of community service. As conditions of his probation, Rice must also build a corral on his property to hold trespassing cattle and rebuild a fence that separates his property from a neighbor’s. In [...]