Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'kentshinbach'
March 26, 2008
David Tarloff, who is accused of slaying an Upper East Side therapist with a meat cleaver, is apparently getting some bad treatment himself on Rikers Island. Reportedly he isn't receiving his medication properly, or at all. Tarloff was arrested on February 16th, and moved from Bellevue Hospital Center to Rikers (under protective custody) on March 14th. Now his (new) court-appointed attorney, Bryan Konoski, has said, "we're extremely unhappy with the way the hospital suddenly released......
Continue Reading "Shrink Killer Not Getting Meds on Rikers?"February 23, 2008
Despite some bizarre behavior during his arraignment earlier this week, David Tarloff has been found fit to stand trial for the cleaver-hacking murder of psychologist Kathryn Faughey. The initial target of Tarloff's wrath was Dr. Kent Shinbach, whose office was next door to Faughey's. Shinbach apparently had Tarloff institutionalized some years ago and the schizophrenic man had undergone electro-shock treatments. Tarloff was examined by two psychiatrists who found him "not incapacitated," meaning he can participate......
Continue Reading "Accused Shrink Killer Found Fit to Stand Trial"February 20, 2008
Fingers are being pointed at a Queens psychiatrist who allowed David Tarloff to be released 10 days before he killed an Upper East Side psychologist and attacked another. Tarloff had been arrested after assaulting a security guard at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, and police say Dr. Reddy Bezwada's evaluation read, "The individual does not require further psychiatric treatment at this time." Based on Bezwada's report, a Queens judge allowed Tarloff to be released on his......
Continue Reading "11 Days Earlier, Doctor Said Shrink Killer "Did Not Require Further Psychiatric Treatment""February 18, 2008
The man accused of slashing Upper East Side psychologist Kathryn Faughey to death and attacking another doctor was arraigned in court yesterday. And 39-year-old David Tarloff, a schizophrenic with a history of violence, made it quite an arraignment. Referring to his court-appointed lawyer Reginald Sharpe, Tarloff said, "I'm not stupid. I won't talk until I have a real attorney. I was a real attorney...He isn't an attorney. I saw his license. Look at him! He's......
Continue Reading "At Arraignment, Cleaver Killer Says He's "Not Stupid""February 17, 2008
Photograph of police escorting suspect David Tarloff by Andy Kropka/AP The police arrested a Queens resident for the murder of a therapist on the Upper East Side. David Tarloff, 39, apparently made "statement implicating himself" in the brutal death of Dr. Kathryn Faughey as well as the attack on Dr. Kent Shinbach, who Tarloff claimed institutionalized him in 1991. Tarloff, who is schizophrenic, has a history of violent crime. Faughy was "slashed 15 times......
Continue Reading "Shrink's Killer Nabbed; Intended Target Was Other Doctor"February 16, 2008
Update: Police have arrested David Tarloff, a Queens resident and former patient of Shinbach's, for Faughey's murder. The Post reports Tarloff, described as overweight with a bald spot by neighbors, has a history of violent crime. Apparently fingerprints found on suitcases left at the crime scene led the police to Tarloff. Earlier: As the family and friends prepare to say good-bye at a funeral for psychologist Kathryn Faughey today, the police have been questioning a......
Continue Reading "Suspect Arrested in Upper East Side Therapist Murder "February 14, 2008
Update: The police questioned and released a man in Pennsylvania about the murders. The police apparently found the man, who had met Dr. Faughey and her husband at a guitar camp, by looking at Faughey's email. Earlier: The police released a sketch of the suspect in the murder of an Upper East Side psychologist and revealed more details about the Tuesday night crime. The suspect, described as a man in his 40s, about 5'9" and......
Continue Reading "Police Hunt for Man Who Hacked Therapist to Death"
