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A San Bernardino criminal defense attorney was arrested on suspicion of accepting guns and drugs in exchange for his legal services, authorities said.
Gary Stephen Redinger, 59, who once ran for Superior Court judge, was arrested last Wednesday morning after a search of his house turned up suspected methamphetamine and more than 30 firearms, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Donald Read the rest of this entry »
Those who have not been fingerprinted include almost three-quarters of psychiatric technicians; nearly half of family therapists, social workers and dentists; and 12% of physicians.
“We depend on the state of California . . . to screen out those who are incompetent or impaired or dishonest or otherwise unqualified,” said Julianne D’Angelo Fellmeth, administrative director of the Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego. “If Read the rest of this entry »
“I think it’s fair to say that we have a major initiative investigation ongoing into this type of product,” Michael Levy, director of the division of new drugs and labeling compliance at the FDA, said in an interview. “We are buying these products, and we are testing them, and we are considering what our options are. There is definitely the possibility that there could be criminal charges.”
The pills, using undeclared drugs that may put health at Read the rest of this entry »
“I think it’s fair to say that we have a major initiative investigation ongoing into this type of product,” Michael Levy, director of the division of new drugs and labeling compliance at the FDA, said in an interview. “We are buying these products, and we are testing them, and we are considering what our options are. There is definitely the possibility that there could be criminal charges.”
The pills, using undeclared drugs that may put health at Read the rest of this entry »
When federal regulators forced the closure of inpatient services at the hospital a year ago, supervisors blamed their own employees for the regulators’ finding that the hospital did not meet minimum standards for patient care.
In the cases of 99 of the workers with criminal records, county managers determined that the crime did not prevent the worker from continuing on the job. But the auditor-controller questioned the reasoning used to make that Read the rest of this entry »
Those who have not been fingerprinted include almost three-quarters of psychiatric technicians; nearly half of family therapists, social workers and dentists; and 12% of physicians.
“We depend on the state of California . . . to screen out those who are incompetent or impaired or dishonest or otherwise unqualified,” said Julianne D’Angelo Fellmeth, administrative director of the Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego. “If Read the rest of this entry »
Nine FDA scientists who reported that agency managers allegedly forced them to clear high-risk medical devices that did not undergo comprehensive testing complained that they may have become subjects of an FDA criminal investigation. In a letter to President Barack Obama, the experts requested swift intervention on the issue and offered a list of regulations that they say FDA officials breached. An FDA spokeswoman said she could neither confirm nor Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles hospital that downsized last year amid allegations of shoddy patient care had more than 100 employees with arrest records—dozens more than previously reported.
The findings about Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital were released Monday in an auditor’s report to the county Board of Supervisors.
The county-run hospital closed last year to all but outpatient care amid allegations of shoddy care that caused Read the rest of this entry »
Supervisor Mike Antonovich asked county staffers to return in two weeks to report on what can be done to ensure that criminal histories have been properly tracked and evaluated throughout all county departments — a request that may prove difficult given restrictions on when criminal background checks may be performed.
The move to fire the King-Harbor workers came only after months of questions about why Department of Health Services officials were Read the rest of this entry »
William T Fujioka, the county’s chief executive, is scheduled to report on the matter to the Board of Supervisors at next week’s meeting, he said.
Until now, no county supervisor had made a commitment to reevaluate hiring, promotion and transfer decisions involving people with serious criminal offenses who did not work at Martin Luther King Jr.- Harbor Medical Center, where widespread issues with criminal histories of employees became known after Read the rest of this entry »