Murder Suspect: Calexico Physician's License Suspended

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Medical Board Obtains Suspension of City of Calexico Physician's License
Source: Business Wire

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2004--In response to a Petition filed by Deputy Attorney General Thomas S. Lazar on behalf of the Medical Board of California, Administrative Law Judge Steven V. Adler issued a full interim suspension order (ISO) on May 7, 2004 against the medical license of Warren C. Lemons, M.D., City of Calexico, California. The suspension order is based upon a finding that, among other things, permitting Lemons to continue to engage in the practice of medicine will endanger the public health, safety, and welfare. The order was immediately effective and bars him from practicing medicine while in effect.

The Petition alleges that on April 14, 2004, Lemons was arrested on suspicion of murder and that the alleged murder victim was a patient of Lemons' with whom he had a sexual relationship. The Petition further alleges that on April 14, 2004, after responding to a suspicious call regarding a 22-year-old male who was in respiratory arrest, the Calexico Fire Department contacted the Calexico Police Department and requested a police officer. Lemons allegedly told a paramedic that the victim would let Lemons practice medical procedures on him and that, on that day, they were practicing medical respiratory intubations. When asked by a police officer why the paramedics took the victim to the hospital if he was a doctor, Lemons allegedly responded, "probably because I gave too much medicine." One of the paramedics reportedly found Versed and Diprivan anesthetics around the victim. The victim was pronounced dead later that same evening.

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mof · Posted: 12 May 2004 10:36 AM Post subject:

Jesus Christ.
Also, excellent movie material.

elchrist · Posted: 12 May 2004 10:42 AM Post subject:

mof · Posted: 12 May 2004 10:45 AM Post subject:

So were these like male prostitutes or actual patients? I've never heard of this dude. Has he been practicing there long?

elchrist · Posted: 02 Jun 2004 05:28 PM Post subject: Update

Oh, and Warren Lemons is also a thief.

New Accusations Against Physician
Source: Los Angeles Times

A former physician trainee at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center used medical equipment believed to have been stolen from the hospital on a deaf-mute man he allegedly abused and killed in Calexico, according to a new filing by medical regulators.

elchrist · Posted: 15 Apr 2005 02:26 PM Post subject:

Former King/Drew employee charged in Imperial County murder
Source: Associated Press

A former physician trainee at a Los Angeles hospital has been charged in the murder of a deaf and mute former patient.

Warren Claudius Lemons was charged Wednesday in the April 2004 death of MacArthur Townsend in a hotel in Calexico, a U.S.-Mexico border town about 120 miles east of San Diego.

Lemons, 40, faces one count of murder and two counts of sexual assault for allegedly drugging Townsend, 22, and raping him with a foreign object. Police obtained a video Lemons apparently made of the encounter.

Lemons was arrested at his mother's home in Houston and was awaiting extradition to Imperial County. A Texas judge set bail at $1 million, according to Calexico police Sgt. Gonzalo Gerardo.

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Lemons is Back in Calecia...