Doctor threatens wife & kids with gun in Connecticut

[Speedway]

Police: MD threatened wife, kids with handgun
The Associated Press
Updated: 09/09/2009 07:03:01 AM EDT


WEST HARTFORD -- A doctor at Hartford Hospital has been charged with pulling a .357-caliber revolver on his estranged wife and threatening to kill her and their children.

Forty-eight-year-old cardiologist Joseph Mitchel of Newington was arraigned Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court on charges including attempted assault and criminal use of a firearm.

Police say Mitchel went to a West Hartford home where his wife was staying at about 1 a.m. Saturday and threatened her.

Mitchel's lawyer says the incident was out of character for him, and his use of prescription drugs and alcohol may have been a factor.

A judge set bail at $500,000 and ordered house arrest with electronic monitoring if Mitchel posts bond. It wasn't immediately clear if he faces discipline by the hospital.

 

[Kicker96FS]

 

[Maj. Boom Boom]

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[seanc]

Proving once again, how truely dangerous doctors are..

 

[Hanwei]

SNIP

Mitchel's lawyer says the incident was out of character for him, and his use of prescription drugs and alcohol may have been a factor.

 

[Tara]

Wow.

 

[terraformer]

I know. I wonder if I can sleep around and use that excuse. "But honey, it is not in my character and I was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. See, it's OK now...."

 

[K-DUB]

Jackass.

 

[Underwhere]

I don't know why this is any different than any other guy threatening his wife and kids with a gun. Who cares if he's a doctor?

 

[BBQ.Uncle]

Guns don't kill people.

Wacked out cardiologists under the influence of prescription drugs & alcohol kill people.

 

[bostonasphalt2]

Guns don't kill people.

Wacked out cardiologists under the influence of prescription drugs & alcohol kill people.

was he on lipitor? I bet the irony drove him to insanity, haah

 

[cekim]

Mitchel's lawyer says the incident was out of character for him, and his use of prescription drugs and alcohol may have been a factor.

Time to fire that lawyer, he's not helping

 

[CRSIII]

What ever happened to the Hippocratic Oath?

 

[cekim]

What ever happened to the Hippocratic Oath?

It says "first do no harm"... He tried that already...