What to Know
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A NY doctor faces manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges in connection with three overdose deaths, sources say
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The deaths resulted from prescriptions he wrote for addictive pain killers and other controlled substances, law enforcement sources say
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Lawrence Choy was arrested in Wisconsin in March by the DEA and will appear in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday afternoon
Dr. Lawrence Choy, who ran a Queens medical practice, faces manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges in connection with three overdose deaths resulting from prescriptions he wrote for addictive pain killers and other controlled substances, law enforcement sources say.
Choy, an internist and nephrologist, was arrested in Wisconsin in March by the DEA and will appear in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday afternoon.
Choy closed his Flushing, Queens, medical practice in 2017 before moving to Wisconsin.
The overdose deaths occurred in Queens and Suffolk County, the sources said.
Details of the investigation and charges are expected to be released by the NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor, the Queens District Attorney, and the DEA’s New York Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force later Thursday at a press conference.
Source : Nbcnewyork
