A former Wisconsin pharmacist has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for intentionally spoiling doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to court proceedings reported by local and national outlets, Steven, 46, was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty in February to two felony counts of attempting to tamper with a consumer product. He had faced up to 20 years.
Authorities said he was arrested on December 31 after being fired from Aurora Medical Center in Grafton for leaving 57 vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine out of refrigeration for more than two nights. Investigators said he told them he believed the vaccine could alter people’s DNA, and that he returned the vials to the refrigerator each morning. Health experts and multiple studies have found the vaccines to be safe, and there is no evidence supporting that belief.
In addition to prison time, he was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay nearly $83,800 in restitution to the hospital.
At sentencing, he apologized, saying he did not have the right to make that decision and that he is tormented by it daily.
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