Updated at 8:02 p.m. ET Steven Brandenburg, the Wisconsin pharmacist accused of intentionally trying to spoil hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses last month
Pharmacist Accused Of Tampering With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Charged With Misdemeanor
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Steven Brandenburg, the Wisconsin pharmacist accused of intentionally trying to spoil hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses last month, has been charged with attempted criminal damage to property.
Updated at 8:02 p.m. ET
According to online court records, the 46-year-old Brandenburg was charged in Ozaukee County Circuit Court on Tuesday. The Class A misdemeanor is punishable by up to nine months of imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000 or both.
Brandenburg was an employee of the Advocate Aurora Health hospital system in Grafton, Wis., when he allegedly removed more than 550 doses of the Moderna vaccine from cold storage in an effort to render them ineffective.
Wisconsin pharmacist and conspiracy theorist, 46, is charged with trying to ruin 570 doses of the Moderna vaccine because he thought the shots would mutate people s DNA
Wisconsin pharmacist Steven Brandenburg, 46, was arrested on December 31 for trying to ruin more than 500 doses of the Moderna COVID vaccine
He believed the vaccine would mutate recipients DNA, even though medical experts have said this is not true
On Tuesday he was charged with attempted felony criminal damage to property
He took out a box of Moderna vaccines from a refrigerator on December 24 for three hours and for nine hours the following day to try to render them ineffective
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The Wisconsin pharmacist accused of trying to destroy more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine has been charged with a misdemeanor as the investigation continues, authorities said.
Prosecutors also said at a hearing in Ozaukee County Court on Tuesday that Stephen Brandenburg s alleged efforts, including removing 57 vials of Moderna vaccine from refrigerated storage on or around Dec. 24, may not have succeeded in rendering them unusable.