A Wisconsin pharmacist has been arrested after a hospital worker was found to have deliberately spoiled hundreds of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report.
While authorities have not named the suspect, records show that a licensed pharmacist, Steven Brandenburg, 46, was taken into custody in Ozaukee County Jail on Thursday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Bradenburg – who appears gruff in his mugshot – was reportedly arrested on preliminary charges of felony, criminal property damage and reckless security, but it is not clear whether his allegations relate to the sabotaged vaccines in Aurora Medical Center.
However, police had previously announced similar charges against an unnamed pharmacist and confirmed his arrest in the case, but the man’s identity was not disclosed “pending formal charges.”
The hospital said it fired the unnamed employee on Wednesday after allegedly admitting to deliberately removing 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine from a hospital refrigerator, rendering them unusable.