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James Peak, Montana Psychiatrist, sentenced
James Peak THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MONTANA Press Release James H. Peak Sentenced in U.S. District Court FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 07, 2011 The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on December 7, 2011, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, JAMES H. PEAK, a 49-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. PEAK was sentenced to a term of: Prison: 12 months and 1 day Special Assessment: $100 Supervised Release: life PEAK was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to possession of child pornography. In an Offer of Proof [...]
Michael Applebaum, Nampa Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Michael Applebaum The Idaho Statesman (Boise) Nampa doctor sentenced for Medicaid fraud November 22, 2011 -- Excerpt Michael Applebaum, a former licensed psychiatrist in Nampa, has been sentenced to two to five years in prison for Medicaid provider fraud and obstruction of an investigation. A jury convicted Applebaum in August of two counts each of provider fraud and obstructing an investigation... The jury said Applebaum altered documents before giving them to investigators for the Idaho attorney general's office and told the investigators that certain records were out of the office for dictation...
Dorval Gold, Pembroke Pines Psychiatrist, grand theft charge
Palm Beach Post (Florida) Dosed in juvie jail: Troubled doctors hired to treat kids in state custody --Excerpt By the time Florida started paying Dr. Gold Smith Dorval to counsel and medicate jailed children, the Pembroke Pines psychiatrist already had experience with kids in state custody. He had used them, authorities said, to bilk the government out of money for the poor. When Dorval pleaded no contest to a felony grand theft charge, it should have barred him, by law, from working for Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice. It didn't. And, like Dorval, other doctors have emerged from past [...]
Kissimmee Psychiatrist Ramarao Makkena, arrested in Sex Sting
Kissimmee Psychiatrist Ramarao Makkena Orlando Sentinel Kissimmee fraud, sex stings lead to arrests --Excerpt A local psychiatrist was arrested along with more than a dozen others in an Internet sex sting run by Kissimmee police last week, records show. Dr. Ramaro Makkena, who has a child-and-adolescent practice on West Vine Street, was arrested Friday on prostitution-related charges after entering a decoy house set up for the week-long investigation, according to police. Dr. Makkena, who charged with assignation of prostitution and entering a dwelling for prostitution, was released Friday on $500 bail from the Osceola County Jail. He could not be [...]
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 [...]
Richard Adamson, Seattle Psychiatrist, accused of sex with 2 patients
Richard Adamson Seattlepi.com Woman sues Seattle psychiatrist accused of sex with patients By Vanessa Ho April 7, 2011 -- Excerpt A Seattle psychiatrist accused by the state of having sex with two patients has been sued by one of his patients, who said his actions caused her "severe psychological and emotional injury." Last week, the state's Medical Quality Assurance Commission suspended the license of Richard T. Adamson, after accusing him of having sex with two female patients and disclosing the contents of their therapy sessions to other patients. Much of the woman's lawsuit, filed Monday in King County Superior Court, [...]
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 [...]