CRIMES
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 [...]
Sohail Punjwani, Broward County psychiatrist, arrested – cocaine
Sohail Punjwani The Miami Herald Boy’s county psychiatrist has other issues; Child welfare | Gabriel Myers’ psychiatrist April 23, 2011 By Carol Marbin Miller and Diana Moskovitz -- Excerpt In the two years since the death of Gabriel Myers, the boy’s Broward County psychiatrist, whose prescribing practices drew the ire of state regulators and children’s advocates, has found himself in ever-deeper hot water. On July 18 of last year, Sohail Punjwani was arrested by Miami Beach police officers for driving under the influence and cocaine possession. In August, Punjwani entered into a pretrial diversion program and will not be [...]
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 [...]
Douglas Rank, Kentucky psychiatrist, sentenced for stabbing
The Cincinnati Enquirer Psychiatrist sentenced for stabbing --Excerpt Dr. Douglas Rank was sentenced after pleading guilty in October to first-degree assault. Rank, 52, will not be eligible for parole until he serves 85 percent of his sentence. The charge was punishable by 10 years to 20 years in prison. Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders had recommended 15 years... Gettys also called his client's rabbi and former dance partner to testify on Rank's behalf. That testimony didn't sway the judge. "Not one person mentioned he did a terrible thing," Judge Gregory Bartlett said. "Why is that? Why is (it) all the [...]
Arturo Hernandez-Pena, Orange County Psychiatrist, arrested
Orlando Sentinel Jail psychiatrist is arrested over billing --Excerpt A psychiatrist who saw patients at the Orange County Jail before his arrest last week is accused of ripping off an insurance company by billing for unnecessary treatment, court records show. Dr. Arturo Hernandez-Pena, 52, an employee of the Orange County Department of Health and Human Services, was arrested at the jail Dec. 1. He was fired the next day, records show. Court records show Hernandez-Pena’s arrest stemmed from treatment he provided outside his jail job, at a business referred to in court records as Orlando [...]
Edmundo Chirinos, Venezuela Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Edmundo Chirinos Associated Press Venezuelan psychiatrist sentenced in slaying September 29, 2010 -- Excerpt A prominent Venezuelan psychiatrist who once ran for president has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the murder of a young woman who was his patient. The attorney general's office said Wednesday that Edmundo Chirinos was convicted of killing 19-year-old Roxana Vargas, whose body was found with a blow to the head in 2008 in a park on the outskirts of Caracas. Chirinos had pleaded innocent to the intentional homicide charge. The attorney general's office says investigators found some 1,200 photographs of nude [...]
Leonard Friedman, Mass. Psychiatrist, arrested
Leonard Friedman Boston Globe Middleton psychiatrist arrested By Julie Balise July 14, 2010 -- Excerpt A Middleton psychiatrist was arrested yesterday morning and charged with writing prescriptions for cash payments. Leonard Friedman, 73, was held on $50,000 bail and faces 14 counts of issuing prescriptions for Class B and Class C substances, according to a statement from Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office. The crimes are punishable by up to 10 years in prison for Class B substances or five years for Class C substances. “A doctor who trades addictive drugs for cash makes a mockery of the [...]
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. [...]
Leo D’Souza, Cincinnati child psychiatrist, loses license
Leo D'Souza The Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio) Psychiatrist loses medical license --Excerpt A Cincinnati child psychiatrist who is facing sex crime charges lost his medical license this week. The Ohio Medical Board permanently revoked the license of Leo D’Souza after reviewing a 50-page report on the accusations that several former patients made against him. A Hamilton County grand jury indicted D’Souza in February on four charges of gross sexual imposition and one charge of sexual imposition. The charges involve four patients, now ages 14 to 21, who accuse the doctor of molesting them. The indictment does not name D’Souza’s accusers, so [...]