bransonglobe.com LOCAL Fake doc signed patients’ medical pot paperwork SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — About 600 patients seeking authorization to purchase medical marijuana in Missouri had their paperwork signed by a fake doctor, officials say. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said in a news release that there is no evidence to indicate the affected patients were aware the physician listed was not the physician who met with them. “It was a person/people impersonating a doctor,” Department of Health and Senior Services spokesperson Lisa Cox told the Springfield News-Leader in a text message. She said the department could not comment on who was being impersonated. The affected patients will be notified and given 30 days to submit a valid certificate before their license is revoked. The agency also said it has referred the case to the Attorney General’s Office and to the Missouri Board of Healing Arts for further action. “Through our many types of regulatory efforts, we remain watchful for any wrongdoing in order to protect Missourians,” said Dr. Randall Williams, director of DHSS. Nearly two-thirds of Missouri voters in November 2018 approved medical marijuana. Sales aren’t expected to begin until late summer at the earliest. Injured officer sues man who ran over him in Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield police officer is suing the man who is charged with crashing a sport utility vehicle into him. Officer Mark Priebe, who sustained rib fractures and a spinal cord injury, filed the personal injury lawsuit Tuesday against 28-year-old Jon Tyler Routh, the reports. Court documents say Priebe tried to get Routh to stop his vehicle June 9 after Routh urinated on the front door of the police station but Routh accelerated and ran over Priebe. Another officer then shot Routh after he refused to get out of the vehicle. Routh, who is charged with assaulting a special victim and armed criminal action, told police at the scene “You guys knew you had this coming,” according to court documents. He was treated for his gunshot wound before he was taken to jail. The lawsuit said one of PrieSpringfield News-Leader be’s doctors has indicated that the officer will never be able to walk again. He was transported this past week to a Colorado hospital for physical therapy. Court documents say Routh sent someone a text message before the incident saying “I’m going to run a cop over I think.” An attorney for Routh has asked that he be examined by a psychologist. Help Support Branson local businesses @bransonlocalbusinesses.com June 24-25, 2020 • 7
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