The Associated Press
September 10, 1998
Psychiatrist pleads guilty to threatening doctor

A Quincy psychiatrist has pleaded guilty to threatening the life of a doctor who disciplined him.
Dr. James L. Ross, 48, admitted Wednesday that he threatened the life of Dr. Nishan J. Kechejian, chairman of the Board of Registration in Medicine, which revoked Ross’ license to practice.

In a similar case, Ross pleaded guilty in July to threatening Milton lawyer James J. Barrett, who represented the state board of registration when Ross appealed the revocation of his medical license.

The Enterprise of Brockton reported that Ross made threatening phone calls and sent letters to Kechejian’s house, including one call in which he called himself an “avenging angel” and said Ross was “a dead man.”

Ross’ license was revoked after he was accused of engaging in sexual misconduct, improperly prescribing controlled substances, committing a breach of confidentiality, being convicted of a crime, and making false statements to the board on license applications.

Judge James Dineen sentenced Ross to three years probation Wednesday in Brockton District Court.

Ross, who is now a patient at Medfield State Hospital, was also ordered to comply with all hospital treatment, take all prescription medications and avoid alcohol.