[net-gold] Former Winkler County Hospital Administrator Pleads Guilty, Must Serve Jail Time
- From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Other Net-Gold Lists -- Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K-12ADMINLIFE <K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K12AdminLIFE <K12AdminLIFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Platinum <net-platinum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <NetGold_general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple Gold Discussion Group <TEMPLE-GOLD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple University Net-Gold Archive <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Lists -- Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports Tourism <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, HEALTH-RECREATION-SPORTS-TOURISM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:34:17 -0400 (EDT)
.
.
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:16:03 -0500
From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Net-Gold] Former Winkler County Hospital Administrator Pleads Guilty,
Must Serve Jail Time
.
.
Former Winkler County Hospital Administrator
Pleads Guilty, Must Serve Jail Time
.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, March 21, 2011
www.oag.state.tx.us
CONTACT: Press Office at (512) 463-2050
Former Winkler County Hospital Administrator
Pleads Guilty, Must Serve Jail Time
.
.
ODESSA ? Former Winkler County Memorial
Hospital administrator Stan Wiley
pleaded guilty today to abuse of
official capacity. The defendant?s guilty
plea stems from his decision to fire two
nurses after they filed an anonymous
complaint with the Texas Medical Board
against one of the hospital?s physicians.
.
Visiting Judge Robert H. Moore III sentenced
Wiley to 30 days in the Winkler County Jail
for his improper conduct. Today?s plea deal
was reached after the defendant agreed to
cooperate with the State?s prosecution of
three remaining defendants in this case.
The Texas Attorney General?s Office is
handling the case as district attorney
pro tem, as the Winkler County District
Attorney recused himself from these
proceedings.
.
Today?s guilty plea stems from the Office
of the Attorney General?s investigation of
official oppression, retaliatory conduct, and
misuse of official information by four Winkler
County officials: Wiley, Sheriff Robert Roberts,
County Attorney Scott Tidwell, and former
Winkler County Memorial Hospital physician
Dr. Rolando Arafiles.
.
In 2009, two longtime Memorial Hospital nurses
filed an anonymous complaint with the Texas
Medical Board alleging that Dr. Arafiles
violated state regulations governing doctors.
According to investigators with the Attorney
General?s Office, after the medical board
contacted Dr. Arafiles about the complaint,
he asked the Winkler County sheriff to
investigate who filed the anonymous complaint.
Sheriff Roberts, who is Dr. Arafiles? close
friend, patient, and alleged business partner,
had the Sheriff?s Department utilize official
law enforcement channels to obtain a copy of
the confidential complaint. As a result,
Dr. Arafiles and other officials were able to
determine the identities of the nurses who
filed the complaint ? identities that would
have been protected from disclosure if law
enforcement officials had not misused their
position to obtain confidential information.
.
On Jan. 13, a Winkler County grand jury indicted
Dr. Arafiles on two counts each of misuse of
official information and retaliation for
allegedly asking the Winkler County sheriff to
investigate the two nurses.
.
The grand jury also indicted Sheriff Roberts and
County Attorney Tidwell. Each faces two counts of
misuse of official information, two counts of
retaliation and two counts of official oppression.
.
Under today?s plea agreement, Wiley pleaded guilty
to one abuse of official capacity charge. He was
indicted on Jan. 13 and charged with two felony
retaliation counts.
.
.
Barbara Acello, RN
bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx
.
.
Other related posts:
- » [net-gold] Former Winkler County Hospital Administrator Pleads Guilty, Must Serve Jail Time - David P. Dillard
