KLKN-TV
February 2, 2021 1:49 pm
WASHINGTON PORT, Wis. (WISN) A pharmacist attempted to ruin more than 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine, telling investigators he believed the vaccine was unsafe and altered recipients’ DNA.
Steven Brandenburg, a Grafton, Wisconsin pharmacist, appeared in Ozaukee County Court Tuesday afternoon. He is charged with a misdemeanor of attempted felony criminal damage to property.
Prosecutors claim Brandenburg intentionally tried to spoil the COVID-19 vaccines, something he confessed to in an email to his Aurora employers.
Brandenburg wrote that he removed the box of Moderna vaccines from the temperature-controlled refrigerator twice. Once on Christmas Eve, then again on Christmas Day.