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He is accused of intentionally attempting to destroy nearly 500 doses.
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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.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist accused of trying to spoil dozens of vials of COVID-19 vaccine is facing 20 years in prison after he agreed Tuesday to plead guilty