question Re Centurion HRT, and Dr Gonzalez
Is this the same Dr Gonzalez??
http://www.latimes.com/health/fl-pill-mill-raids-20110223,0,3070840.story
Feds, police raid 11 South Florida pill mills
In Lake Worth, Dr. Robert Elessar was arrested at his 45th Street Medical pain clinic. Dr. Carlos Gonzalez Jr. was arrested at North Palm Beach Pain Management in Lake Park, along with the owners, Anthony Laterza and Donna Palemire.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/11-arrested-in-palm-beach-county-as-part-1275049.html?printArticle=y
11 arrested in Palm Beach County as part of multi-agency pill mill raid
In Palm Beach County, the raids focused on five doctors in four pain clinics.
At North Palm Pain Management in Lake Park, Anthony Laterza, another operator who figured prominently in The Post’s 2009 story, his wife, Donna Marie Palemire, and Dr. Carlos M. Gonzalez ran a racket and committed a litany of other crimes, prosecutors said. Before opening a clinic, Laterza was discovered running a marijuana-growing operation in Martin County and convicted of a federal drug crime. He started North Palm Pain Management less than two years after getting out of federal prison.
In a little more than five months, the business deposited $974,564.39 into two accounts, investigators said. Between March 2009 and August 2010, the clinic paid Gonzalez $247,335.92. Laterza spent the money on a boat, jet skis and a fleet of exotic cars, including a Lamborghini, a Ferrari and a Ford GT40. He bought some of them with cash, investigators said
Here's the connection between the doctor and this story
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-pain-clinic-raid-deerfield-20110208,0,1303870.story
DEERFIELD BEACH In a second raid in as many months, federal officers turned out in bulletproof vests and black face masks Tuesday to search a pain clinic and question its customers.
Officers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration spent several hours at Total Care Medical Center, 458 W. Hillsboro Blvd.
The federal officers, plus others from the Broward Sheriff's Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, the state health department and Hollywood police, swarmed the building and questioned dozens of clinic customers outside the business.
Total Care, which opened about a year ago in the Hillsboro Garden Center plaza, advertises itself as a pain management center that welcomes walk-ins and provides a $25 referral credit.
Neighboring businesses complained that Total Care's presence drew loiterers. The plaza parking lot often had vehicles with tags from Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, said Steve Sampson, owner of Fast Signs.
"They park in the back of the plaza and sleep in their car until the place opens up in the morning and then they would line up in front until the place opened," Sampson said.
Sampson said he has seen an upswing in suspicious activity, with people exchanging money for packages.
Total Care hired its own security guard, but "he can't do everything," Sampson said.
Clinic employees could not be reached for comment Tuesday, despite phone calls to the business. The clinic president, Gerald Wiseberg, could not be reached.
Subordinate Practitioner Information
Data As Of 3/9/2011
CARLOS GONZALEZJR
LICENSE NUMBER: ME87200
Name Profession License Effective Date
LA HEALTH AND REJUVENATION Health Care Clinic Establishment Permit 3588 5/3/2010
CMG, LLC Pain Management Clinic 670 1/4/2010
CMG, LLC Pain Management Clinic 670 3/8/2010
CMG LLC Pain Management Clinic 174 1/4/2010
CMG LLC Pain Management Clinic 174 1/7/2010
CMG, LLC Pain Management Clinic 175 1/4/2010
CMG, LLC Pain Management Clinic 175 1/7/2010
DAVIS, DERRICK ANTHONY Physician Assistant 9103680 5/3/2010
License Verification
Data As Of 3/9/2011
DERRICKANTHONYDAVIS
LICENSE NUMBER: PA9103680
Profession
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
License/Activity Status
CLEAR/ACTIVE
Qualifications
Prescribing
License Expiration Date License Original Issue Date
1/31/2012 03/10/2006
Discipline on File Public Complaint
NO NO
Address of Record
458 W. Hillsboro Blvd
Total Care Medical Center Inc
DEERFIELD BEACH,FL33441
Could this be why William Llewellyn suddenly announced that Centurion HRT was hiring new doctors??
This is one reason why I distrust most HRT/TRT clinics - especially those that refuse to tell who their doctors are!
