Authorities in southeast Wisconsin have made a breakthrough and have taken a 34-year-old Wisconsin man into custody in connection to the death of a man from Texas.
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February 2, 2021 1:49 pm
WASHINGTON PORT, Wis. (WISN) A pharmacist attempted to ruin more than 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine, telling investigators he believed the vaccine was unsafe and altered recipients’ DNA.
Steven Brandenburg, a Grafton, Wisconsin pharmacist, appeared in Ozaukee County Court Tuesday afternoon. He is charged with a misdemeanor of attempted felony criminal damage to property.
Prosecutors claim Brandenburg intentionally tried to spoil the COVID-19 vaccines, something he confessed to in an email to his Aurora employers.
Brandenburg wrote that he removed the box of Moderna vaccines from the temperature-controlled refrigerator twice. Once on Christmas Eve, then again on Christmas Day.
Updated: 10:40 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 The pharmacist who pulled dozens of COVID-19 vaccine vials from a refrigerator at Aurora Medical Center - Grafton and left them, agreed to plead guilty in federal court of attempting to tamper with the vaccine, a WISN 12 review of the plea agreement determined.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinThe agreement, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, allowed Steven Brandenburg, 46, of Grafton, to avoid an indictment by a federal grand jury and plea to two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products, with reckless disregard for the risk that another person will be placed in danger of death or bodily injury, the records show.According to the deal, Brandenburg admitted to pulling the same box of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine out of the refrigerator on consecutive days late last month. The Moderna vaccine needs to be stored at specific temperatures. Recklessly disregarding his knowledge
Wisconsin pharmacist agrees to plead guilty to attempting to spoil 600 COVID-19 vaccine doses
The former Aurora Health Care pharmacist accused of attempting to intentionally spoil nearly 600 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, agreeing to plead guilty to two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products.
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MILWAUKEE â The former Aurora Health Care pharmacist accused of attempting to intentionally spoil nearly 600 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, agreeing to plead guilty to two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products.