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Rahim Charnia, Mumbai psychiatrist, arrested for “selling cakes infused with drugs”
Rahim Charnia ETV BHARAT NCB arrests psychiatrist for selling cakes infused with drugs July 14, 2021 --Excerpt The NCB seized drug cakes weighing 10 kg from the accused. In addition to this, the agency also recovered 1 lakh 72 thousand in cash along with 320 grams of opium and 50 grams of hashish from the accused. Mumbai: In a major success the Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested a man in Mumbai in connection with a case of drug trafficking. The accused was making and selling intoxicating cakes through his bakery. Originally a psychiatrist, the accused had started a bakery in [...]
David Lelio, Charlotte Psychiatrist, Sentenced to Prison
David Lelio Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 18, 2020 Charlotte Doctor Sentenced to Prison Time for Conspiring to Distribute Prescription Opioids ABINGDON, Va.- A Charlotte, North Carolina-based doctor and his wife were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon on charges they conspired to illegally distribute prescription opioids in the Western District of Virginia and then made a false statement about the conduct, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced. David Francis Lelio, 57, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison. Nadja Siiri Kujanson-Lelio, 51, was sentenced [...]
Marc Spelar, Milton psychiatrist, sentenced
Herald Dispatch Milton doctor gets 3 months in illicit prescription scheme --Excerpt HUNTINGTON — A former Milton psychiatrist has been sentenced to three months in prison and will be given the opportunity to continue to address his substance use disorder after admitting to writing illicit opioid prescriptions for his own gain. Marc Spelar, 37, previously pleaded guilty in the Southern District of West Virginia to one count of illegal drug distributions related to an April 2017 prescription written for Dextroamphetamine, a scheduled II drug. Spelar was one of 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals, named in April as being [...]
Jacob McClean, South Florida Psychiatrist Arrested
Jacob McClean local10.com South Florida doctor arrested after dispensing meth to patients, DEA says Dr. Jacob McClean faces federal drug charges By Peter Burke - Local10.com Managing Editor, Neki Mohan - Anchor/Reporter June 17, 2019 -- Excerpt MIAMI - A South Florida doctor has been arrested on federal drug charges. Dr. Jacob McClean, 36, appeared in federal court Monday in Miami. The Pembroke Pines psychiatrist was arrested Friday by Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Federal authorities said McClean was illegally dispensing and using methamphetamine... Lambert said McClean was also writing prescriptions "for medications that are not medically necessary and are [...]
Matthew Hopkins, Wyoming Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Matthew Hopkins Associated Press Jury convicts former Wyoming psychiatrist --Excerpt CODY, Wyo. (AP) - A former Wyoming psychiatrist has been found guilty of several charges stemming from a crash that injured another person. A jury in Cody convicted Matthew Hopkins of intentional misuse of a toxic product, controlled substance DUI and aggravated assault. The Cody Enterprise reports that District Judge David Park sentenced Hopkins to 18 to 36 months of prison, with credit for a little over two months he served last summer in jail. Prosecutors said Hopkins had been inhaling compressed air before the wreck occurred on March 14, [...]
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau “medical license was placed on probation”
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau Johnson City Press 3 local doctors disciplined after overprescribing, stalking and other offenses, state says Oct 15, 2017 Updated Jun 24, 2020 --Excerpt Dan Nicolau, Johnson City. After entering into a romantic relationship with an acquaintance to whom he prescribed drugs and later stalked, Nicolau’s medical license was placed on probation for two years... Nicolau was ordered by the court to pay costs, complete a treatment plan established by the TBME and have no contact with “C.B.” After a multidisciplinary assessment, it was recommended Nicolau refrain from consuming alcohol for one year, participate in a [...]
Christopher Cameron, Barrhead psychiatrist, arrested
Christopher Cameron Barrhead News Psychiatrist's drink drive decision leaves career in tatters June 10, 2015 -- Excerpt Christopher Cameron, of Barrhead, was arrested after making “a catastrophic error of judgement” to drive while under the influence. Officers saw his car swerving from one side of the road to the other with no rear headlights on and he was pulled over. He was spotted as he drove through his hometown in March this year and a breath test showed he was more than double the limit. The 40-year-old, who helped to set up the first Child Psychiatric Clinic in Glasgow [...]
Priscilla Sheldon-Cost, Baltimore psychiatrist, charged
Priscilla Sheldon-Cost Daily Mail Yale-educated addiction psychiatrist is charged with making and selling ecstasy with her boyfriend in basement lab --Excerpt Police in Maryland have charged three people in connection with manufacturing MDMA, commonly referred to as Molly or the drug ecstasy, including a doctor who has a long-standing history of drug problems. Baltimore County cops said a drug investigation led to a search warrant and the arrest of Dr. Priscilla Sheldon-Cost, 51, at a house in Towson... The Baltimore Sun reports that Sheldon-Cost was an addiction rehabilitation psychiatrist with a history of treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. Sheldon-Cost [...]
Alen Salerian, DC psychiatrist – unfit to stand trial
Alen Salerian Washingtonian Alen Salerian Declared Unfit to Stand Trial By Ariel Sabar April 8, 2014 -- Excerpt Alen Salerian, the psychiatrist whose downfall was chronicled in Washingtonian’s February issue (“The Spectacular Unraveling of Washington’s Favorite Shrink”), has been found unfit to stand trial. A federal judge in southwestern Virginia last Friday declared Salerian “mentally incompetent” to assist in his own defense and indefinitely postponed his trial on felony charges of distributing narcotic painkillers to people with no legitimate need for them. According to the judge’s ruling, Salerian’s own lawyers at Katten Muchin Rosenman concurred with a court-appointed forensic psychologist’s [...]
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.