prescription drug, and criminal damage to property.
The male healthcare worker, who has not been named, is being held at the
Ozaukee County jail.
Authorities have yet to identify a motive
Deliberate course of actions to make vaccine medications ineffective
The suspect’s arrest comes the same day Wisconsin health officials revealed that 57 people were given the ineffective dose of the vaccine after it had been ‘deliberately’ spoiled.
Dr. Jeff Bahr, president of Aurora Health Care Medical Group in Wisconsin, said Thursday that the un-named worker had not only taken the vials out of refrigeration overnight Friday as first thought but had also done so Thursday night – returning them to the fridge the next morning before anyone noticed.
Grafton Police were called to the Advocate Aurora Health Hospital in Grafton on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, on a report that a former employee of the pharmacy had intentionally removed the vaccines from the refrigerated storage and left them to sit out overnight, rendering about 570 doses of the vaccine useless according to health professionals, a police spokesperson said. When the news of the destruction of doses first became public knowledge in late December, it was believed that the act was accidental. Upon further investigation, however, it was determined that it was intentional. Later, the former hospital worker admitted to intentionally removing the vaccine know that if not properly stored the vaccine would be ineffective.
Feds ARREST Wisconsin pharmacist who deliberately spoiled 57 vials of Moderna vaccine by taking them out of storage and leaving them out overnight before 57 people were given the ineffective dose
Grafton Police said the former employee of the Advocate Aurora Health Hospital in Grafton was arrested Thursday afternoon
He faces charges of first degree recklessly endangering safety, adulterating a prescription drug, and criminal damage to property
The value of the spoiled vaccines is estimated to be around $8,000 to $11,000
Wisconsin health officials revealed that 57 people were given the ineffective dose of the vaccine after it had been deliberately spoiled
Dr. Jeff Bahr, president of Aurora Health Care Medical Group in Wisconsin, said Thursday the culprit had taken the vials out of fridge two nights in a row