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Doctor Charged With Raping Ex-Patients At Framingham Hospital Doctor Charged With Raping Ex-Patients At Framingham Hospital
Doctor Charged With Raping Ex-Patients At Framingham Hospital A doctor who's been accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 women and several men in a lawsuit is now charged with raping two patients at a medical center in Framingham, authorities announced. Dr. Derrick Todd was charged with raping two women who were his patients, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Jan. 16. The assaults are alleged to have happened in December 2022 and June 2023 during medical examinations.  The rheumatologist had previously worked at multiple locations, including the Charles River Medical Associates in Framingham and Brigham a…

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by Josh Lanier
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Mass General Medical Assistant Groped Patient During Unnecessary Physical Exam: DA Mass General Medical Assistant Groped Patient During Unnecessary Physical Exam: DA
Mass General Medical Assistant Groped Patient During Unnecessary Physical Exam: DA A 29-year-old medical assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital is accused of groping a patient during an exam that her doctor had not requested or approved, authorities said.  Leonardo Hernandez, of Jamaica Plain, is charged with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered him to stay away from the hospital and the alleged victim as part of his release on personal recognizance.  The patient called Boston police on April 12 to report the alleged incident that she said happened several weeks earlier.  …

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by Josh Lanier
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Harvard Morgue Manager Kept Body Parts At Home, Sold Them To Black Market Network: Feds Harvard Morgue Manager Kept Body Parts At Home, Sold Them To Black Market Network: Feds
Harvard Morgue Manager Kept Body Parts At Home, Sold Them To Black Market Network: Feds A manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue is accused of stealing body parts from cadavers and selling them to several people across the country, federal investigators said.  Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, is charged with interstate transport of stolen goods — the goods being human body parts, according to the US Department of Justice. His wife, Denise Lodge, is also charged in the case.  Other members of the "nationwide network" who are also charged with  interstate transport of stolen goods include:  Katerina Maclean, age 44, of Salem, Massachusetts Joshua Taylor, 4…

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by Josh Lanier & Jillian Pikora