CRIMES
Jerome Driesen, Manhattan psychiatrist, sentenced
Jerome Driesen The New York Times Psychiatrist Given Probation In New York Corruption Case September 26, 1987, Saturday, Late City Final Edition By The Associated Press -- Excerpt A Manhattan psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution at last year's city corruption trial was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation for mail fraud. Dr. Jerome Driesen, 48 years old, a close friend of Geoffrey L. Lindenauer, the former deputy director of the Parking Violations Bureau, pleaded guilty last October to one count of mail fraud in a plea bargain with prosecutors...
Franklin Simon, Manhattan psychiatrist, 4-year-old girl abuse
Franklin Simon The New York Times State Psychiatrist Held In Sex Abuse of Girl, 4 September 26, 1986 --Excerpt A supervising psychiatrist at the state's Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island was arrested yesterday and charged with sexually abusing a 4-year-old neighbor girl at his home. The psychiatrist, Dr. Franklin Simon, 45, of 325 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. State officials said he would be suspended without pay from his $75,000-a-year job pending the case's outcome. Lieut. Richard J. Marcus of the Manhattan sex crimes [...]
Charles Berry, Atlanta Psychiatrist – sentenced to 20 years in prison
Charles Berry Washington Post Customs Service Leads War on Child Pornography By Mary Thornton August 9, 1986 -- Excerpt Dr. Charles Markham Berry, a prominent Atlanta psychiatrist known for his Christian counseling and volunteer work at local orphanages, was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison on federal and state charges of child molestation and child pornography. At Berry's federal trial, U.S. Attorney Stephen Cowen said that "the evil that Dr. Berry has done in his life totally overshadowed the good. He wrapped himself in religious piety and used his position in the church and the community to shield [...]
Hector Retik, Yonkers Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Hector Retik The New York Times Doctor Sentenced In Medicaid Theft August 3, 1985 By AP -- Excerpt A Yonkers psychiatrist was ordered today to perform six months of community service and to treat 50 Medicaid patients for free as punishment for stealing $100,000 from the state's Medicaid program. Judge Nicholas Colabella in Westchester County Court also placed the psychiatrist, 51-year-old Hector Retik, who lives in New City, on probation for five years and ordered him to repay the stolen money... According to Edward Kuriansky, a deputy attorney general, Dr. Retik billed the state for 31-to-60-minute psychotherapy sessions for [...]
Theodore Sabot – California Psychiatrist – Sentenced
Theodore Sabot Los Angeles Times LA Times Archives March 18, 1985 THE STATE -- Excerpt A psychiatrist has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $400,000 from the Medi-Cal program to finance his wife's cocaine habit. Dr. Theodore Jay Sabot, 46, pleaded guilty to grand theft and was sentenced by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ronald Tochterman. ...Sabot was accused of submitting more than 3,000 false claims to Medi-Cal over a three-year period.
William Musfelt, Orange County psychiatrist, drunk driving
The Register PSYCHIATRIST CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING William Stanle Musfelt, M.D., 55, Orange County psychiatrist, of 1522 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, was arrested by Fullerton police early this morning on a charge of drunk driving, they reported. Belligerent with police, he reportedly refused to be fingerprinted and refused permission to let them take a sample of blood for a blood alcohol tests after he had signed a waiver and a doctor had been called, police said Dr. Musfelt, posts $263 bail for his release, the report said. From: PSYCHIATRIST CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING The Register September 21, 1956 [...]
Marcello Grasso, Italian psychiatrist, “arrested on suspicion of raping a female patient”
ansa.it Ex Senate Speaker's psychiatrist sibling allegedly raped patient April 8, 2021 Psychiatrist Marcello Grasso (ANSA) - PALERMO, APR 8 - The psychiatrist brother of former national anti-mafia prosecutor and ex-Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso has been arrested on suspicion of raping a female patient, sources said Thursday. Marcello Grasso, 70, has been charged with sexual violence. The patient says she was abused after putting on a burlesque costume for one of Grasso's sessions of theatre-based therapy. Police installed a hidden camera in Grasso's studio after the patient filed her complaint. His lawyer said his client had worked for 40 [...]