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New Hartford psychiatrist accused of sexual abuse and forcible touching by CNYCentral UTICA, N.Y. — A New Hartford doctor is accused of forcible touching and sex abuse. Utica Police say Dr. Surendra K. Johri turned himself in on June 18 to face charges of third-degree sex abuse and forcible touching, which police say are related to alleged misconduct by Johri while working as a psychiatrist in Utica. Johri was booked on the charges and released, according to Utica Police. Utica Police say the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs assisted with the case. Anyone with [...]
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, [...]
Alain Pidolle, French psychiatrist, sentenced
Alain Pidolle Google translation: 20 MINUTES Strasbourg: A former psychiatrist sentenced to 13 years in prison for rape and sexual assault May 20, 2018 -- Excerpt The hearing was held behind closed doors. A former psychiatrist accused of rape and sexual assault by former patients was sentenced on Saturday to 13 years in prison by the Bas-Rhin Assize Court . Alain Pidolle was found guilty of raping two of his former patients and sexual assault on three others. Aggravating circumstances for these acts, "committed to a vulnerable person by a person abusing the authority conferred on him by his position", [...]
Psychiatrist Leon Fajerman, San Diego, surrenders license
Psychiatrist Leon Fajerman nbcsandiego.com South Bay Doctor Accused of Abuse Surrenders Medical License By NBC 7 Investigates May 16, 2018 -- Excerpt A South Bay psychiatrist accused of sexually abusing female patients has surrendered his medical license. According to documents released by the California Medical Board, Dr. Leon Fajerman fondled, kissed, or sexually abused eight women in his Chula Vista offices. Last year, an administrative judge suspended Fajerman's license after the first credible complaint was filed. After NBC 7 Investigates reported that decision, more women came forward claiming abuse...
Jo Erik Brøyn, Norway Psychiatrist, sentenced
Jo Erik Brøyn The Sunday Guardian A case exposing the double standards of Norway’s CPS By Nibedita Saha May 12, 2018 -- Excerpt One of Norway’s top child-protection policy experts, Jo Erik Brøyn, was sentenced to prison under the country’s child pornography laws. His arrest further discredits Norway’s Child Protection Services. A child psychiatrist and top child protection expert, 56-year-old Jo Erik Brøyn, who in 2010 became the single father to two Indian surrogate babies, has been sentenced to nearly two years’ jail under Norway’s child pornography laws. Brøyn was found guilty of possessing and sharing an enormous quantity of [...]
Mani Pavuluri, Psychiatrist, University of Illinois, “put children at risk”
Mani Pavuluri Propublica The $3 Million Research Breakdown How a star psychiatrist at the University of Illinois at Chicago violated protocols and put children at risk. by Jodi S. Cohen April 26. 2018 -- Excerpt For nearly two decades, the University of Illinois at Chicago has touted child psychiatrist Mani Pavuluri as one of its stars: She founded a renowned clinic to treat children with bipolar disorder and secured millions of dollars in coveted federal funding to help unlock the mysteries of the disease. Parents from around the country brought their children to see her. She helped boost the university [...]
Ian McAlpine, Perth child psychiatrist, sentenced
Ian McAlpine ABC NEWS Former child psychiatrist Ian Stuart McAlpine jailed over sexual assault of teenager By Briana Shephard April 18, 2018 Ian Stuart McAlpine walks down steps outside a court building in Perth wearing a black jumper and pants. The assaults by Ian Stuart McAlpine included sexual penetration on the teenager's 18th birthday.(ABC News) A former Perth child psychiatrist has been sentenced to five years and two months in prison for sexually and indecently assaulting a female patient almost 30 years ago. Ian Stuart McAlpine, 70, stood trial for 17 offences allegedly committed between 1988 and 1990 against two [...]
James Yelton-Rossello, Florida psychiatrist, alleged to have molested jailed psychiatric patients
James Yelton-Rossello Daily Mail Doctors all over the US are keeping their licenses to practice medicine despite rampant sexual misconduct against patients, shocking investigation reveals By Associated Press April 14, 2018 -- Excerpt The lenience of penalties for sexually abusive doctors sometimes a source of frustration even for members of the medical board who administer the discipline, according to Jason Rosenberg, a former chairman of the Florida medical board. 'This is incredibly inappropriate,' Rosenberg said during one 2013 meeting when Florida's medical board allowed James Yelton-Rossello, a psychiatrist alleged to have molested jailed psychiatric patients, to keep his license. The [...]
Thomas Radecki, Pennsylvania psychiatrist, not too old for prison
Thomas Radecki PENNLIVE Psychiatrist convicted in drugs-for-sex scheme isn't too old for prison, Pa. court says --Excerpt A Pennsylvania psychiatrist who traded pills to 13 female drug addicts for sex in a bid to build a "commune" could be fated to die in prison. The odds of that happening to 72-year-old Thomas Radecki increased this week when a state Superior Court panel refused to overturn his 11- to 22-year jail term. In an opinion by Judge Victor P. Stabile, the state court rejected Radecki's argument that his sentence is too long. In short, Stabile found that Radecki doesn't deserve a [...]
William Lewek, NY Psychiatrist, Back to Prison
Democrat and Chronicle William Lewek, who admitted to burying body, back in jail on parole violations --Excerpt William Lewek, the former psychiatrist who admitted to burying the body of a dead man in his backyard, has been returned to jail on three parole violations. Lewek, 66, is accused of possessing hydrocodone and failing to seek a mental health evaluation. There are two violations related to the mental health issue, according to Lewek's attorney, Matthew Parrinello. Lewek, who has lost his medical license, pleaded guilty in February 2015 to burying the body of 32-year-old Matthew Straton in the backyard of [...]