{"id":64373,"date":"2018-04-30T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64373"},"modified":"2018-04-30T05:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:00:29","slug":"doctor-allegedly-threatened-to-slit-employees-throats-cut-heads-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/doctor-allegedly-threatened-to-slit-employees-throats-cut-heads-off.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctor allegedly threatened to slit employees\u2019 throats, cut heads off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Doctor allegedly threatened to slit employees&#8217; throats, cut heads off<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A doctor in Georgia has been charged with making terroristic threats after she allegedly threated to \u201cslit\u201d her employees\u2019 throats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Marian Antoinette Patterson, a family practice doctor who\u2019s worked in the Valdosta area for almost 30 years, allegedly shouted a slew of threats at her employees, WCTV reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Authorities reportedly responded to Patterson\u2019s South Georgia practice on Feb. 21 after reports of a disturbance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Patterson, according to authorities, told employees she would \u201cslit their throats,\u201d and even told one worker she was going to \u201ccut her head off and roll it down the hallway,\u201d and that she\u2019d call the employee\u2019s children to show them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The doctor allegedly grabbed at least one employee and threw a catalog, reflex hammer and prescription bottles, along with trying to throw a large potted plant. Patterson also tossed water on two employees, according to the Lowndes County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Sheriff Ashley Paulk called Patterson\u2019s situation \u201cunfortunate,\u201d and blamed issues happening in her life for her actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate, there\u2019s some factors in her life that brought about some emotional problems I feel like,\u201d Paulk told WALB. \u201cI hope this is something she can put behind her, because she has a lot of patients, a lot of people that trust her as their doctor, and it\u2019s just one of those things that I hope she can work through.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Patterson\u2019s medical license was temporarily suspended in March, according to Georgia Composite Medical Board records. WCTV reported the board mentioned the Feb. 21 incident in the suspension order and reportedly said it had received allegations that Patterson had been under the influence at the office several times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Patterson has been charged with three counts of terroristic threats and false imprisonment, according to reports. 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