CRIMES
Psychiatrist Peter Gleason disciplined in three states. Not Florida
Health News Florida Patient-protection watchdogs decided this case didn't merit a bark; were they right? Carol Gentry, Editor July 16, 2010 Psychiatrist Peter Gleason In journalism, we write about things that happened, not about what didn't happen. So I have been flummoxed in how to approach the subject of Peter Gleason, a psychiatrist who was disciplined in three other states. Not Florida. In the Florida Department of Health medical lookup site, Gleason has a "clear, active" license with no pending complaints. He would be free to work here if he wanted, which could happen at any time, since he [...]
William Roddy, psychiatrist, arrested for trafficking drugs
The Associated Press March 23, 2010 Ala. psychiatrist, wife face drug charges Officials in Huntsville say a Florence psychiatrist and his wife were arrested after prescription drugs and cash were found in their possession. Huntsville Police Sgt. Mark Roberts says 50-year-old Dr. William Roddy and 43-year-old Wendy Sue Roddy were charged with trafficking in a controlled substance. He says they were arrested on Sunday and were released on $250,000 bail each. Roberts says officers responded to a call about a man with a gun in a hotel parking lot and arrested Roddy. He says a search of Roddy and his [...]
Nathan Kuemmerle, Hollywood Psychiatrist, Arrested for Running a Pill Mill
States News Service WEST HOLLYWOOD PSYCHIATRIST, OFFICE MANAGER ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF WRITING HUGE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ADDICTIVE DRUGS WITHOUT EXAMINING CASH-PAYING PATIENTS April 13, 2010 Hollywood psychiatrist Nathan Kuemmerle The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California: A doctor who maintains a clinic in West Hollywood and his office manager were arrested this afternoon on federal charges of conspiring to distribute controlled substances for writing thousands of prescriptions for highly addictive drugs for patients he did not examine and who simply paid cash for the prescriptions. Dr. Nathan [...]
Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner charged with patronizing a prostitute
WHEC-TV Penfield man charged with patronizing a prostitute Rochester, New York March 4, 2010 Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner A 67-year-old Penfield man has been arrested and charged with patronizing a prostitute in the third-degree. The investigation that led to the arrest of Melvin Pisetzner began when a 19-year-old male told police he had met Pisetzner in an online chat. Police say Pisetzner posed as a 55-year-old man and offered to pay the teen a sum of money to participate in a sex act with him. The 19-year-old is a former patient of Pisetzner – a psychiatrist, but police do not [...]
Nirmala Karnam, psychiatrist, found guilty of reckless endangerment
The Associated Press Pa. woman sentenced in student's traffic death Dateline: Allentow, Pa. August 29, 2008 An eastern Pennsylvania psychiatrist faces four years' probation and must surrender her driver's license in connection with a November 2006 traffic crash that killed an 18-year-old Kutztown University student. Nirmala Karnam of Easton was acquitted of vehicular homicide in the crash on Route 309 near Allentown that killed 18-year-old Tara Koshinski, but found guilty of reckless endangerment and traffic violations. Lehigh County Judge Robert Steinberg ordered the 64-year-old psychiatrist Thursday to pay $10,000 into a scholarship fund named in honor of Koshinski. She must [...]
David Linden, psychiatrist, accused of writing $300,000 bad checks to casinos in Las Vegas
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) Doctor to face Nevada charges; Psychiatrist accused of writing bad checks valued at $300,000 to casinos in Las Vegas. By Augie Frost and Jim Killackey March 7, 2008 A psychiatrist practicing in Oklahoma City and Las Vegas was released from jail Thursday on the condition he return to Las Vegas, where he has been charged with passing more than $300,000 in bogus checks, according to Las Vegas police. Dr. David Earl Linden, 54, of Edmond, was arrested Feb. 28 at his office at 1608 NW Expressway by Oklahoma County sherriff's deputies, according to an arrest [...]
Perveen Rathore, psychiatrist, assaulted two hospital police officers
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts) State suspends area psychiatrist; License yanked after incident at UMMC By Thomas Caywood March 13, 2008 State medical regulators last week suspended the license of a local psychiatrist, who practiced at UMass Memorial Medical Center and at a private practice in Westboro, after the doctor allegedly ignored an on-call assignment last spring and then assaulted two hospital police officers and a nursing supervisor later that day. Dr. Perveen Rathore, 51, of 5 Arrowhead Lane, Westboro, voluntarily agreed not to practice medicine in early June 2007, shortly after the fracas at UMass Memorial. The state Board of [...]
Ira Morganstern, psychiatrist, faces 20 years if convicted on drug charges
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) Doctor indicted on drug charges 2 allegedly dumped marijuana on tracks By Ralph R. Ortega March 13, 2008 A psychiatrist and another man, both accused of dumping marijuana along railroad tracks in Hunterdon County, are facing 20 years in state prison if convicted on drug charges filed against them in an indictment handed up last week in Flemington. Ira Morganstern, 65, of Bethlehem Township and David J. Fencik, 30, who had lived at Morganstern's home on Morning Star Lane, were indicted by a grand jury March 6, according to court papers filed at the Hunterdon [...]
Kennard Kobrin – Mass. Psychiatrist – Guilty in Drug Scam
The Boston Herald May 31, 2003 In Brief; Fall River shrink fined in drug scam Psychiatrist Kennard Kobrin A Fall River psychiatrist was given a suspended sentence, placed on probation and fined $11,000 yesterday for illegally prescribing drugs and defrauding Medicaid. Bristol Superior Court Judge Robert Kane sentenced Dr. Kennard C. Kobrin, who was found guilty of three charges in December. Attorney Robert Griffith, counsel for Kobrin, said the ruling will be appealed. Kennard Kobrin - Psychiatrist
Lance Pope, Psychiatrist, Sentenced for Thievery
The Associated Press Psychiatrist sentenced in house-sale scam April 2, 1999 Early last year, Massachusetts antiques dealers were delighted with the opportunity a psychiatrist gave them to buy the contents of well-appointed homes on Martha's Vineyard. What they didn't know was that he had broken into the homes they were visiting. On Thursday, Lance Pope, 43, was sentenced to serve 18 months of a 2 -year sentence in the Dukes County House of Correction for breaking and entering and larceny. Pope had managed to sell off a truckload of antiques before a sharp-eyed police detective caught him just after the [...]