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He is accused of intentionally attempting to destroy nearly 500 doses.
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Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Ozaukee County Sheriff via AP
The Wisconsin pharmacist accused of intentionally attempting to destroy nearly 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine formally pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday.
Prosecutors charged Steven Brandenburg, 46, with two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products. The charges carry a maximum combined sentence of 20 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
Brandenburg, an "admitted conspiracy theorist," prosecutors say, had already admitted to removing vials of Moderna vaccine from his pharmacy's refrigerator on two occasions with the intent to render them inert, because he believed the vaccine to be unsafe, and that it could change a person's DNA.