An alleged victim takes the stand at the trial of Badurding Rajabali ("Bud") Kurwa. The ophthalmologist lives and practices in Arcadia and is charged with two misdemeanor sexual battery accounts.
Dr. Badurding Rajabali "Bud" Kurwa, an ophthalmologist charged with two sexual battery accounts, goes to trial. About 50 patients and supporters staged a brief demonstration in front of the courthouse.
Dr. Badurding Rajabali "Bud" Kurwa, an ophthalmologist who practices in Arcadia and Glendora, must accept or reject a plea bargain for allegedly touching two female employees. If no plea bargain is reached, his trial will begin July 14.
Dr. Badrudin Rajabali "Bud" Kurwa's medical license has been suspended and he was placed on fine years' probation for false billing charges in his ophthalmologist practice.
In the largest Medicare fraud settlement involving an individual in the southland, Arcadia eye doctor (ophthalmologist) Badrudin Kurwa paid the government more than $375,000 to resolve false billing charges.
A mistrial was declared in jury selection for ophthalmologist Dr. Badurding Rajabali "Bud" Kurwa. Some Latino prospective jurors were excluded. Selection will begin again.
Police are urging other possible victims to come forward in the case of Jose "Sonny" Baltazar, 36, an Arcadia-based medical technician arrested for allegedly committing sexual battery on a woman at a convalescent home.
Arrest made in Arcadia High School sexual assault investigation. 18-year-old former Arcadia High School student Dylan Chan has been arrested on allegations of sexual assault involving current and past students at Arcadia High School.
Arcadia kidnapping, rape suspect Philippe Brian Lutete, 29, is charged with false imprisonment and sexual battery of a woman on November 26 in the 2900 block of Spruce Court. He was out on bail when he was also arrested on April 8, 2015 on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a woman over an 11-hour period.
Jonathan Robert Poyner, 20, of Glendora, pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of child molestation, alleged by children he worked with at Rio Hondo Prep School.
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested Dr. Daniel J. Healy, 52, of Arcadia, operator of Dr. Healy's Diet Centers and Clinics in Duarte and Rancho Cucamonga. He is accused of selling addictive painkillers from his office over a 3-year period to patients he often did not examine. Federal authorities allege Healy dispensed oxycodone and hydrocodone, among other drugs, essentially using his practice as a drug-dealing operation.
Arcadia Police Department arrest Dylan Chan or Arcadia as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and exploitation involving past and present Arcadia High School students.
Feature: communal motivation: Dr. Jonie Chung, a chiropractic doctor, resides in Arcadia and has been in the practice for 15 years in the cities of Diamond Bar and Monrovia. Her passion is her fuel for motivation.