MEDIA
The Associated Press State & Local Wire December 23, 1999, Thursday, PM cycle Licensure board files complaint against doctor SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 361 words DATELINE: NORMAN, Okla. The Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure has accused a Norman psychiatrist of unprofessional conduct for allegedly requesting nude photos of patients and employees at Norman Regional Hospital. Stan Ward, attorney for Dr. John E. McAlister, said his client denies the charges contained in a complaint the board filed against McAlister. Ward said he was just beginning his investigation into the complaint and trying "to separate the truth from fiction." The [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire December 24, 1999, Friday, AM cycle Board suspends psychiatrist's license in unprofessional conduct case SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 192 words DATELINE: YAKIMA, Wash. A Yakima psychiatrist accused of having improper relationships with two patients has been charged with unprofessional conduct by a state medical board, which also has suspended his license while the case is pending. Leslie Sziebert could not be reached for comment Friday. There is no telephone listing for him in Yakima, and his private practice with Lake Aspen Professional Group ended in August. The state Quality Medical Assurance Commission [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire October 24, 1998, Saturday, PM cycle Psychiatrist sentenced to 53 years in prison for killing his wife SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 428 words DATELINE: NORFOLK, Va. A psychiatrist convicted of bludgeoning and suffocating his estranged wife has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for her death. The jury that Thursday convicted Tobin Jones of first-degree murder in the death of Megan Jones took just over two hours Friday to reach a sentencing recommendation. "Is there any good that can come out of this sad, horrible, senseless tragedy?" Jones asked Circuit Judge [...]
Daily News (New York) February 4, 2003, Tuesday SHRINK'S A SHARK, L.I. COURT HEARS BYLINE: BY Mike Claffey SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 24 LENGTH: 292 words The Long Island shrink accused of plotting to murder his patients planned to chop them up and feed them to sharks, a prosecutor charged yesterday. Dr. Richard Karpf sought information about shark-infested waters off Long Island and boasted to a patient he could get away with murder if he made chum out of his victims, Assistant District Attorney Robert Biancavilla said. "He said if people are missing, nothing would happen if their bodies are never [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire August 29, 2001, Wednesday, BC cycle Doctor admits asking witnesses to lie in trial SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 306 words DATELINE: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa A 70-year-old psychiatrist admitted in U.S. District Court that he had attempted to persuade witnesses to lie on his behalf during a trial two years ago. Robert Shultice on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two counts of using intimidation and force in an attempt to influence a witness. In exchange for his guilty plea on those two counts, the government dropped a third count that accused Shultice of attempting [...]
The New York Post December 1, 2004 Wednesday 'SHARK-FOOD SLAY' SHRINK DODGES JAIL BYLINE: Selim Algar and Gersh Kuntzman SECTION: All Editions; Pg. 17 LENGTH: 144 words A Long Island psychiatrist who bought a gun as part of a bizarre plot to kill six people and feed them to sharks avoided jail at his sentencing yesterday. Richard Karpf was sentenced to time already served and released on five years probation. Karpf will be required to undergo psychological counseling as part of a deal worked out in July, when he surrendered his medical license and pleaded guilty to a charge of [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) November 24, 2004 Wednesday ST. PAUL EDITION TWO PSYCHIATRISTS' LICENSES SUSPENDED BYLINE: Tom Majeski, Pioneer Press SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B6 LENGTH: 449 words Two Edina psychiatrists have had their licenses suspended, one indefinitely and the other for six months, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice announced Tuesday. The board also reprimanded and fined a Hibbing physician for improperly prescribing pain medications. Dr. Nancy A. Kermath, 54, had her license suspended indefinitely for violating an earlier board order; unethical and unprofessional conduct; inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of [...]
The Indianapolis Star (Indiana) November 14, 2008 Friday FINAL EDITION Doctor sentenced to 6 years in prison; Psychiatrist gave unnecessary prescriptions BYLINE: KATIE MERLIE KATIE.MERLIE@INDYSTAR.COM SECTION: LOCAL -- METRO & STATE; Pg. 5 LENGTH: 330 words A psychiatrist who admitted he supplied a prescription painkiller for no legitimate medical reason has been sentenced to six years in prison, federal authorities said. Adolfo P. Hernandez, 67, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David Hamilton. Hernandez also must give up his Noblesville home, valued at more than $500,000, and other assets worth more than $100,000, said Timothy Morrison, an attorney for [...]
Hartford Courant (Connecticut) August 2, 2009 Sunday FINAL - 3 STAR EDITION STATE MIGHT REVOKE LICENSE TO PRACTICE BYLINE: ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER alevinbecker@courant.com SECTION: MAIN; Pg. A1 LENGTH: 1263 words Psychiatrist Vladimir Coric Sr. of Groton has been accused of overprescribing drugs and not properly assessing his patients' needs for them. Groton psychiatrist Vladimir Coric Sr. is on the verge of being disciplined for the fourth time by the state medical board. This time, the charges - that he excessively prescribed psychotropic drugs without assessing whether his patients were abusing them - could cost him his license. State regulators allege [...]
The Californian (Salinas, California) December 24, 2010 Friday Former Soledad prison doctor held to fraud charges BYLINE: By, SUNITA VIJAYAN SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 648 words svijayan@thecalifornian.com A psychiatrist who worked with Salinas Valley State Prison three years ago was bound over Thursday on charges that he stole $45,000 in taxpayer's money by over-billing his hours. Following a two-day preliminary hearing, Monterey County Superior Court Judge Larry Hayes decided to hold Dr. Mark Herbst on four felony charges of presenting a false claim, and one count each on destroying or altering a public record and grand theft of more than $400. [...]