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Long Island Doctor Sentenced For Overprescribing Opioids, Leading To 5 Deaths Long Island Doctor Sentenced For Overprescribing Opioids, Leading To 5 Deaths
Long Island Doctor Sentenced For Overprescribing Opioids, Leading To 5 Deaths A Long Island doctor – who once ran his office out of an old Radio Shack and his car – may now spend over a decade behind bars for prescribing his patients thousands of opioid pills at a time, leading to five overdose deaths. George Blatti, age 78, of Nassau County, received his sentence of five to 15 years in prison for the deaths on Monday, Jan. 22, according to the Nassau County District Attorney. According to the investigation and his guilty plea, between 2016 and 2018, Blatti prescribed patients addicted to opioids thousands of pills – such as oxycodone, morphine, clonazepam, alprazo…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Long Island Doctor Charged With Five Counts Of Murder For Prescribing Opioids, DA Says Long Island Doctor Charged With Five Counts Of Murder For Prescribing Opioids, DA Says
Long Island Doctor Charged With Five Counts Of Murder For Prescribing Opioids, DA Says A Long Island doctor has been indicted on five counts of murder for prescription practices that led to the death of five patients between 2016 and 2018, said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas at a news conference on Thursday, March 4 in Mineola. George Blatti, age 75, of Rockville Centre, was arrested on Thursday and charged on the five counts of murder, as well as 11 counts of reckless endangerment, the DA's Ofice said, Prosecutors believe this is the first time a doctor has been charged under New York State law with murder under the theory of depraved indifference to human l…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Pickup Truck Slams Into Long Island Radio Shack Building Pickup Truck Slams Into Long Island Radio Shack Building
Pickup Truck Slams Into Long Island Radio Shack Building A vehicle slammed into the front of a store on Long Island, causing substantial damage and injuring one person. The incident took place around 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 29, at the former Radio Shack store located at Central Boulevard and Sunrise Highway in Merrick, said the Merrick Fire Department. According to the department, a pickup truck struck the front of the former Radio Shack store, with the passenger suffering minor injuries. The driver was not injured and there was no entrapment.

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by Kathy Reakes
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Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids
Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids A 74-year-old doctor has been arraigned on a 54-count indictment charging him with allegedly selling opioids and amphetamine prescriptions on Long Island. A lengthy investigation into several opioid overdoses last year led to the arrest of George Blatti, a doctor in Rockville Centre who allegedly prescribed opioids to patients without examining them. The investigation into Blatti determined that some of his patients had an inordinate number of prescriptions for opioids that were written by Blatti,  a general practitioner originally licensed to practice medicine in 1976, who had no spec…

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by Zak Failla