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Murder suspect's mental illness debated
Fresno :: TX :: USA | 1 month ago
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Text Size: tool goes here Tyrone Justin Cowan has several mental disorders that affect his ability to plan a murder, a Fresno psychiatrist said, but other doctors testifying during his murder trial Monday said he is faking the illnesses.
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3 hurt by patient at Atascadero State Hospital
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Atascadero State Hospital officials say three nursing staffers were hurt this week while they were trying to calm an unruly patient. Spokesman Craig Dacus tells the San Luis Obispo Tribune (http://bit.ly/13KBlCS ) the employees, who were not
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Atascadero hospital fined over worker safety lapses
Coalinga :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Thursday against the Central Coast's Atascadero State Hospital carries a $27,000 fine. It notes that between January and September 2012, employees of the hospital suffered an average of 10 patient-caused injuries each month, "some of them severe,
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Atascadero State Hospital faces thousands of dollars in fines
Ash :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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Staff Atascadero State Hospital has been hit with $27,000 in fines from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The citations are for dangerous conditions and patient assaults on employees. January through September of this year,
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Cal/OSHA fines Atascadero State Hospital for patient attacks on employees
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Atascadero State Hospital for dangerous conditions and patients assaults on employees. The agency says they are calling for $27,675 in fines due to the attacks...A "serious" violation occurs when there is a "realistic possibility that death or
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Matthew Hedge now living in East County
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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A man who seven years ago became the first sexually violent predator from Atascadero State Hospital to be released into San Diego County is now living as a transient in the Lemon Grove and Spring Valley areas, authorities announced Thursday. Matthew
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Hedge cleared to move from mobile home
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Sexually violent predator Matthew Hedge has been cleared to move from a mobile home on the grounds of Donovan State Prison, a judge ruled Friday. Hedge was released unconditionally on Friday morning by Judge David Gill. Sources said Hedge's GPS ankle
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California's state hospitals mostly released from U.S. oversight
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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District Court judge Monday released the state's mental hospitals from federal oversight on all but one issue a significant step in ending a costly six-year reform effort. The extensive court-supervised changes were imposed on four hospitals in 2006
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San Luis Obispo Sheriff's deputy arrested on domestic violence charges
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's office arrested one of its own after reports of a possible domestic violence incident back on July 16. After much investigation the Sheriff's Office arrested and booked San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Deputy,
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Release, in error, from mental hospital has grave outcome
Santa Cruz :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Charles Anthony Edwards III has spent his adult life cycling through prisons and state psychiatric hospitals. Calm and witty when well, the San Francisco native also was known to lash out: beating his mother and threatening to kill family members and
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