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Detective Doney Disgusted with Dirty Duarte Doctor Decision

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Dr. Daniel Healy, Duarte’s Dirty Drug Doctor has finally been sentenced after several postponements. Federal Judge Manuel Real sentence the doctor to just 4 years, less than even his attorney had requested. In the sentencing, the Judge remarked that by his conviction alone, Healy had lost his livelihood and entire lifestyle.
Healy’s attorney had requested leniency and asked that he be sentenced to only 5 years. The federal prosecutor had requested 17 years. With credit for the time he has already spent in custody, Healy will serve only 85% of the remaining three years of his sentence.
Monrovia Police Detective Rich Doney, who was instrumental in effecting the arrest of the doctor for illegal sales of drugs said he was not pleased with the sentence. “This is a travesty of justice,” Doney said; “he will end up serving less time than many of his patients will in rehab.”
According to data bases maintained by the federal government, in 2008, Healy dispensed more than 1 million hydrocodone tablets (known by the trade name Vicodin) from his office in Duarte.  This was more than any other doctor in the country.
As a Federal Judge, Real was appointed for life and is not subject to periodic electoral review.

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