All posts containing the tag: "MedicalRecords"
Posted Jul 29th 2009 1:57PM by TMZ Staff
A turf war between Las Vegas law enforcement on one hand and the DEA and the LAPD on the other could have compromised yesterday's raids on Dr. Conrad Murray's office and home ... according to multiple law enforcement sources.
We're told the DEA and LAPD wanted to conduct simultaneous raids in Houston and Las Vegas to maintain the element of surprise ... but the Vegas raids were delayed 6 days.
Sources say the D.A. in Vegas threw up road blocks and delayed for days before going to court to obtain a search warrant ... A member of the D.A.'s office told us it's routine for prosecutors to be "careful" in securing warrants.
But sources in other agencies involved in the searches scoff at the D.A.'s concerns, claiming this was nothing more than the D.A. wanting to call the shots.
And several sources say the Vegas police slowed things down by trying to take the lead over the DEA in executing the warrants.
One top law enforcement official says, "There was more than enough probable cause to get a warrant." Another law enforcement officer called the actions of the D.A. and police "a power grab."
The Vegas raids were conducted yesterday ... 6 days after the Houston raid. That gave Dr. Murray more than enough notice that the other shoe was about to drop.
The Las Vegas D.A. would not comment. As for the Vegas PD, a spokesman told us "We're not aware of any feud over the action involving this warrant."
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Tags: dea, dr. conrad murray, Dr.ConradMurray, las vegas, LasVegas, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, prescription drugs, PrescriptionDrugs, raid, search
Posted Jul 28th 2009 7:27PM by TMZ Staff
We've obtained the first video footage of Dr. Conrad Murray since the death of his most famous patient, Michael Jackson.
The footage was shot today outside of Murray's Las Vegas home -- shortly after it was raided by DEA agents.
In the clip you see Dr. Murray looking cool as a cucumber, with a bit of a swagger ... wearing a baseball cap and a button-down shirt.
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Tags: DEA, dr. conrad murray, Dr.ConradMurray, las vegas, LasVegas, law enforcement, LawEnforcement, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, raid, video
Posted Jul 28th 2009 2:25PM by TMZ Staff
DEA and other law enforcement officials have just arrived at the Las Vegas home of Dr. Conrad Murray. They have a search warrant in hand for Michael Jackson's medical records.
UPDATE 3:30 ET: The agents are now leaving Dr. Murray's home.
UPDATE 7:05 ET: Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, just released this statement:
"We can verify that at approximately 8am, Officers from DEA, LAPD and various local agencies began executing a search warrant at Dr. Conrad Murray's Las Vegas home and office. The search warrant authorized investigators to look for medical records relating to Michael Jackson and all of his reported aliases. Dr Murray was present during the search of his home and assisted the officers. Investigators left Dr. Murray's home around 12 noon, seizing cell phones and a computer hard drive. As of 2pm, the search at Dr. Murray's office continues."
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Photo Galleries
Tags: dr. conrad murray, Dr.ConradMurray, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, raid, search warrant, SearchWarrant
Posted Jul 28th 2009 12:15PM by TMZ Staff
The DEA has just arrived at Dr. Conrad Murray's Las Vegas home and office with search warrants in hand.
Sources tell us they are looking for all patient records connected to Michael Jackson.
We're on scene and watched multiple DEA agents walk in the back door of Dr.Murray's home and other agents are at his office.
Story developing...
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: cops, DEA, dr. conrad murray, Dr.ConradMurray, investigation, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, search
Posted Jul 28th 2009 12:05PM by TMZ Staff
Cops are at Dr. Conrad Murray's house in Las Vegas right now. We are at Dr. Murray's home and office in Vegas. Expect that a search warrant will be served, similar to the ones served in Houston last week.
Story developing...
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: dea, dr. conrad murray, Dr.ConradMurray, drugs, law enforcement, LawEnforcement, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted Jul 24th 2009 11:48AM by TMZ Staff
Two people went to Dr. Conrad Murray's storage facility at 11:22 AM Houston time the day Michael Jackson died and took files from the storage and put them in two cars.
We're told the women who picked up the material took 3 to 5 boxes and other items. The two women are sisters who worked for the doctor, according to their grandmother. They came to the storage facility in a Mercedes and there was a car that followed them. The women were there for 30 minutes.
The timing is interesting. It was 9:22 AM Los Angeles time when the women showed up. Dr. Murray called 911 at 12:21 PM. The question -- what time did Dr. Murray realize Jackson was in distress?
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: Dr Conrad Murray, DrConradMurray, Houston office, HoustonOffice, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted Jul 23rd 2009 2:00AM by TMZ Staff
We've learned the L.A. County Coroner paid a visit to a Beverly Hills surgery center this week and took Michael Jackson's medical records ... and there's a Dr. Arnold Klein connection.
Sources say Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter went to see Dr. Randy Rosen, an anesthesiologist at the Spalding Pain Medical Clinic in Bev Hills. Sources say the coroner's office became interested in the clinic -- which is also a high-end outpatient surgery center -- after Winter went to the medical office of Dr. Arnold Klein last week and obtained Jackson's medical records.
We're told a review of Dr. Klein's records led the coroner to the Spalding Pain Medical Clinic, which was founded and run by Dr. Rosen. We're told the coroner was interested in procedures Klein performed at the clinic several years ago, with the help of two anesthesiologists. Dr. Rosen was not involved in the procedures, but ran the facility at the time and voluntarily turned over medical records to the coroner.
And how's this ... as we first reported, Debbie Rowe delivered Michael Jackson's second child, Paris, at the Spalding Pain Medical Clinic in 1998.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: dr. arnold klein, dr. randy rosen, Dr.ArnoldKlein, Dr.RandyRosen, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted Jul 22nd 2009 5:35PM by TMZ Staff
An official from the L.A. County Coroner's office is in the offices of Michael Jackson's former nurse -- the nurse who claims Jackson badgered her for a powerful anesthesia.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter just left nurse Cherilyn Lee's office ... he walked out with Jackson's medical records.
We asked Lee about Jackson's use of the drug Propofol -- she says he asked her for it but she never gave it to him.
Winter retrieved files from Dr. Arnold Klein last week.
UPDATE: Winter has left the building with medical records. He said Lee was cooperative and is not under investigation.
UPDATE: We spoke with Lee after Winter left -- she says she thought she'd convinced Jackson not to take Diprivan, he was feeling good and a great father figure.
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Tags: anesthesia, cherilyn lee, CherilynLee, coroner, dr. arnold klein, Dr.ArnoldKlein, drugs, ed winter, EdWinter, medical records, MedicalRecords, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted May 9th 2009 7:30AM by TMZ Staff
Bizzare twist in the case of the hospital worker who sold medical records of Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett to the tabloids ... she has died.
Lawanda Jackson pled guilty in December to violating the federal medical privacy law. She was scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, but her lawyer notified the judge that his client died from breast cancer on March 24.
Jackson had worked for the hospital for 32 years before her arrest.
Filed under: Britney Spears, Nurse!, Farrah Fawcett
Tags: Britney Spears, BritneySpears, celeb records, CelebRecords, celebrity records, CelebrityRecords, hospital records, HospitalRecords, Lawanda Jackson, LawandaJackson, medical records, MedicalRecords
