MEDIA
Walter Crook, Tuscaloosa Psychiatrist, Arrested
Walter Crook Tuscaloosa Thread CyberTip Leads to Bryce Hospital Psychiatrist’s Arrest for Having Child Sex Abuse Material --Excerpt A Cybertip from Google led to last week's arrest of a psychiatrist at Tuscaloosa's Bryce Hospital for possession of child sex abuse material. The accused, 73-year-old Walter Joseph Crook, is reportedly a long-time psychiatrist at the state-run, in-patient Bryce Hospital here in Tuscaloosa. According to court documents filed late last week, Google sent an alert to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after a user reportedly stored illegal files depicting the sexual abuse of children to their cloud storage service, [...]
Psychiatrist Abby Fredrickson, Moorhead Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Psychiatrist Abby Fredrickson KVRR Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender in fatal Moorhead shooting --Excerpt MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A psychiatrist who was charged as an accomplice in her then-boyfriend’s fatal drive-by shooting in Moorhead last April is sentenced to probation. 33-year-old Abby Fredrickson pleaded guilty last October to a single count of aiding an offender in the shooting death of 39-year-old James Hamilton by 35-year-old Jerome Thomas. Fredrickson was given a three-year “stayed sentence” of probation during sentencing Monday in Clay County Court... Excerpted from: Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender [...]
Jesse Armstrong, UF Psychiatrist, sentenced
Jesse Armstrong Press Release FORMER PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO OVER SEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Friday, January 23, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Jesse Roger Armstrong, 35, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to ninety months in prison after previously pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “Our state and federal law enforcement partners are committed to identifying, investigating, and rooting out the scourge of exploitation and [...]
Big Pharma’s Evil Playbook
PsychSearch Big Pharma’s Evil Playbook Colin Taufer On July 10, 2010, Stewart Dolin, a happy, funny, loving, wealthy, dedicated husband and father, started taking Paxil, as prescribed by his psychiatrist. Six days later, in the middle of the afternoon, he leapt off a subway platform and into the path of an approaching train. How do the biggest drug pushers poison the world for profit and get away with murder? Just ask GlaxoSmithKline, one of the kingpins in the pill-pushing cartel known as Big Pharma. GSK has perfected the playbook of turning drugs they know to be deadly and dangerous into [...]
Drugging Children for Conformity
PsychSearch Drugging Children for Conformity Colin Taufer Throughout its long history, Ritalin has been a drug in search of a “disorder”. Its manufacturer Ciba (now Novartis) has spent millions on advertising and “doctor education” trying to find and create a profitable “disease” for its drug. In the mid-1950’s Ritalin was advertised as a way to boost spirits and to make patients more cooperative and manageable. Later, in the same decade, Ciba tried another approach and marketed Ritalin as a “safe, effective geriatric supplement”. In the 1960’s promotional focus again shifted and it touted itself as a way to “restore [...]
CONSUMER PROTECTION?
PsychSearch CONSUMER PROTECTION? Colin Taufer Recently, it was reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that someone suffered a knee injury after sitting on a brand of bench that collapsed. Six others reported this same bench collapsing but reported no injuries. Consequently, the CPSC told all consumers to stop using these particular benches and return them to their point of purchase for a full refund. Similarly, the CPSC ordered all consumers to stop using, and return for refunds a particular brand of glass dresser knob. The reason? They received two reports of lacerations from broken glass knobs. About 363,000 knobs [...]
John Sappington, Casper Psychiatrist, Threatened to Kill Ex-Wife With Hammer
K2radio Former Casper Psychiatrist Threatened to Kill Ex-Wife With Hammer By Nick Learned June 8, 2020 John Sappington - psychiatrist A former Casper psychiatrist is accused of threatened to kill his ex-wife using a hammer after breaking into her Casper Mountain residence in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to court documents. John Shannon Sappington, 58, was booked into jail on recommended charges of attempted robbery, attempted aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and felony property destruction, a Natrona County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told K2 Radio News on Monday. Authorities say dispatchers were notified of two [...]
Irene Gurvits, NY psychiatrist, described as “nuts,” “evil” and “dangerous”, has lost her license
New York Post State yanks license of NYC shrink patients called ‘nuts’ By Melissa Klein June 13, 2020 Irene Gurvits - psychiatrist An Upper West Side shrink whose patients described her as “nuts,” “evil” and “dangerous” has finally lost her medical license — eight years after the state was flagged about her odd behavior. The state Board for Professional Medical Conduct’s concluded that Dr. Irene Gurvits “was not addressing her own psychiatric problems.” Its action came almost a decade after the state first learned she was ill — when her own lawyer asked that she get psychiatric help, [...]
NY Shrink Irene Gurvits – Licensed Pulled Due to Bizarre Behavior
The Jewish Voice Upper West Side Shrink Gets Licensed Pulled Due to Bizarre Behavior By Denis Cyr June 17, 2020 Irene Gurvits - psychiatrist After a series of incredible complaints, an Upper West Side shrink by the name of Dr. Irene G. Gurvits has had her license revoked by the state. In a story that seems like a plot of a comedy movie, a psychiatrist lost her license because of her own mental illness. After a series of incredible complaints, an Upper West Side shrink by the name of Dr. Irene G. Gurvits has had her license revoked by [...]
Christopher Seman, Ohio Psychiatrist, license suspended
The Review County doctor’s license suspended By Katie White September 17, 2018 Christopher Seman - psychiatrist EAST PALESTINE — An East Palestine man’s medical license was suspended this week because of an affair he had with a co-worker while he worked for the Counseling Center between 2013 and 2015 that included writing her prescriptions for an antidepressant, antibiotics, birth control and other non-controlled substances without keeping a medical record. Dr. Christopher Seman’s license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in the state of Ohio has been suspended for at least one year following a hearing that included testimony and [...]