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The Washington Times December 11, 2006 Monday Doctor faces federal charges; Medicaid drug claims probed BYLINE: By Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SECTION: METROPOLITAN; Pg. B01 LENGTH: 402 words A District-based psychiatrist whose license recently was suspended over drug possession now faces criminal charges stemming from a federal probe into his handling of Medicaid claims. Federal prosecutors say Dr. David T. Hackney used phony Medicaid claims to buy narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone. According to charging documents, Dr. Hackney wrote prescriptions for large numbers of painkillers using patients' Medicaid or Medicare information, picked up the drugs and never delivered them [...]
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) December 9, 2006 Saturday Final Edition Psychiatrist jailed for endangerment; Dr. Luttrell also charged in Fayette County with illegal possession of firearm BYLINE: Shirley Downing downing@yourappeal.com SECTION: CORDOVA APPEAL; Pg. CRB1 LENGTH: 284 words SOMERVILLE - A Memphis psychiatrist was arrested Friday on charges of reckless endangerment and illegal possession of a firearm, according to authorities. Dr. Mark Luttrell, 47, was in the Fayette County Jail on Friday awaiting an arraignment Monday in General Sessions Court here. Luttrell was medical director of the Shelby County Jail during the administration of former sheriff A.C. Gilless. Luttrell [...]
Sacramento Bee (California) December 9, 2006 Saturday METRO FINAL EDITION Psychiatrist faces sex assault charges BYLINE: Ryan Lillis SECTION: METRO; Pg. B2 LENGTH: 109 words DATELINE: SACRAMENTO A Granite Bay psychiatrist has been arrested and his medical license suspended after a female patient said he groped her, authorities said. Mandeep Behniwal, 50, was arrested Nov. 20, three days after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest, police said. Behniwal allegedly touched the patient after a session in his Sacramento office, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran. Behniwal has been charged with several counts of sexual assault, including [...]
States News Service December 6, 2006 Wednesday LOCAL PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FRAUD SCHEME BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 669 words DATELINE: HOUSTON, Texas The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Justice: Lewis Gottlieb, a Houston area psychiatrist, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay millions to the Medicare and Medicaid health care benefit programs for his involvement in a motorized wheelchair fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. At a sentencing hearing held on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2006, U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Dr. Gottlieb [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire January 12, 2007 Friday 4:03 PM GMT Tuscaloosa doc accused of sexual misconduct with patients SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 333 words DATELINE: TUSCALOOSA Ala. A Tuscaloosa psychiatrist has been banned from practicing medicine in the state after allegations of sexual misconduct with at least four of his patients. Allie Boyd's medical license was revoked when the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners ruled on Jan. 4 that he engaged in unprofessional conduct that was "immoral, willful, and shameful" and goes against the Medical Licensure Commission's rules. Five former patients filed suit against [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire March 26, 2007 Monday 7:02 PM GMT Methadone clinic doctor sentenced for prescription fraud SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 290 words DATELINE: PORTLAND Maine A psychiatrist who founded a methadone clinic in Westbrook was sentenced to six months in prison Monday for his convictions last year for prescription fraud. Dr. Marc Shinderman was convicted of writing prescriptions for controlled substances using the name and drug registration number of another physician. Shinderman, who was not licensed to write the prescriptions in Maine, said he thought the arrangement was acceptable. Shinderman also must serve another [...]
Marine Corps Times September 4, 2000 Monday public163538889.sgml BYLINE: By, Gordon Lubold LENGTH: 404 words The Navy psychiatrist accused of soliciting sex from his patients, including a female Marine and a Marine wife, pleaded guilty to four of the five charges against him. Capt. Scott R. McClelland, 52, pleaded guilty in a pretrial agreement Aug. 22 to an article of conduct unbecoming an officer, which included charges of wrongful use of government property, sodomy, adultery and fraternization. In light of his plea, the military judge, Col. Alvin W. Keller, dismissed the other charges against McClelland to avoid duplication. McClelland faces [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 29, 2000, Thursday, BC cycle Dispute with tenants leads to charge against doctor, wife SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 507 words DATELINE: NEOSHO, Mo. A psychiatrist and his wife have been charged in a dispute with their tenants in which a shot was allegedly fired at a sheriff's deputy and property was damaged with a pickax. Dr. Charles Patterson, 61, a staff psychiatrist at the Ozark Center in Joplin, was charged Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon. His wife, Carol Patterson, 52, was accused of property damage, assault and driving while [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 23, 2000, Friday, BC cycle Wayne State psychiatrist charged in online sex case SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 281 words DATELINE: WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. A Wayne State University psychiatry professor has been charged with soliciting sex with a minor over the Internet. Matthew P. Galloway, 47, of Bloomfield Hills is accused of having three sexually explicit online chatroom conversations with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl. In fact, he was chatting with an undercover White Lake Township police officer, said Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca. The conversation occurred in the [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 16, 2000, Friday, BC cycle Psychiatrist admonished for bill in Resendiz trial SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 446 words DATELINE: HOUSTON An expert witness who submitted a $63,100 bill for psychiatric work in convicted railroad killer Angel Maturino Resendiz's trial is under a judge's orders to trim his expenses. Maturino Resendiz has been sentenced to death in Texas for the 1998 rape and murder of a Houston-area doctor. His lawyers have conceded that he killed eight other people in Texas, Illinois and Kentucky in a cross-country killing spree. All were killed at [...]