NCWLIFE
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee physician faces charges of domestic violence and felony counts including witness tampering and computer trespass, after allegedly abusing his spouse and unlawfully using Confluence Health computer systems to access her private medical information.
Dr. Tyler Howard Buckley, 37, was summoned to Chelan County Superior Court Tuesday on a charge of first-degree computer trespass. It’s the third felony charge leveled against the oncologist since his initial arrest in February, when his wife told Wenatchee police he had grabbed her, shoved her, and injured her arms as part of an ongoing pattern of physical abuse.
The latest charge of computer trespass alleges that Buckley used his credentials as a healthcare provider to access his wife’s private medical records through computer systems at Confluence Health, where the couple both worked. Police said Confluence Health administrators reached out in April to the Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney’s office, after they became aware of the alleged breach.