A Youngstown doctor faces a federal misdemeanor drug charge after his arrest by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and members of the Niagara County Drug Task Force.
Dr. Daniel Gillick, 62, appeared in federal court this afternoon in connection with his arrest late Tuesday night after he allegedly attempted to purchase crack cocaine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch identified him as a doctor who specializes in emergency services and who has worked in at least two hospital emergency rooms.
Prosecutors charged Gillick and a woman who has been living with him, Christine Guilfoyle, 27, with misdemeanor possession of powdered and crack cocaine.
The two were living in a disheveled-looking home on Main Street in Youngstown that was littered with drug paraphernalia, according to police.
Federal agents investigated the case “as quickly as possible” after learning about 10 days ago that Gillick was involved in buying and using illegal drugs, said Dale M. Kasprzyk, resident agent in charge of the Buffalo DEA office.
“We went right to the U.S. attorney and moved as quickly as possible. We had concerns about having a doctor who was a drug abuser working in emergency rooms, and possibly making bad decisions that could affect the public safety,” Kasprzyk said. “We also did not want such a doctor working in a hospital where drugs would be available, and did not want such a doctor writing prescriptions for people.”
When agents arrested him, Gillick turned in his DEA drug prescription license, which means he can no longer legally prescribe controlled substances, Lynch said during today’s court appearance.
Gillick told Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott that he makes “good money ... $90 to $100 an hour” working for a company that provides doctors for duty in hospital emergency rooms.
According to court papers, Gillick recently has worked at Medina Memorial Hospital in Medina, and at Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls, which is in Schuyler County near Watkins Glen. An administrator at the Medina hospital told The Buffalo News Gillick does not work there, and officials at the Schuyler Hospital could not immediately be reached for comment.
Gillick is the third local doctor arrested in the past two years after DEA investigations into illegal dealings with narcotics or prescriptions for painkiller drugs.
Buffalo FBI agents also assisted on the case.
email: dherbeck@buffnews.com
Dr. Daniel Gillick, 62, appeared in federal court this afternoon in connection with his arrest late Tuesday night after he allegedly attempted to purchase crack cocaine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch identified him as a doctor who specializes in emergency services and who has worked in at least two hospital emergency rooms.
Prosecutors charged Gillick and a woman who has been living with him, Christine Guilfoyle, 27, with misdemeanor possession of powdered and crack cocaine.
The two were living in a disheveled-looking home on Main Street in Youngstown that was littered with drug paraphernalia, according to police.
Federal agents investigated the case “as quickly as possible” after learning about 10 days ago that Gillick was involved in buying and using illegal drugs, said Dale M. Kasprzyk, resident agent in charge of the Buffalo DEA office.
“We went right to the U.S. attorney and moved as quickly as possible. We had concerns about having a doctor who was a drug abuser working in emergency rooms, and possibly making bad decisions that could affect the public safety,” Kasprzyk said. “We also did not want such a doctor working in a hospital where drugs would be available, and did not want such a doctor writing prescriptions for people.”
When agents arrested him, Gillick turned in his DEA drug prescription license, which means he can no longer legally prescribe controlled substances, Lynch said during today’s court appearance.
Gillick told Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott that he makes “good money ... $90 to $100 an hour” working for a company that provides doctors for duty in hospital emergency rooms.
According to court papers, Gillick recently has worked at Medina Memorial Hospital in Medina, and at Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls, which is in Schuyler County near Watkins Glen. An administrator at the Medina hospital told The Buffalo News Gillick does not work there, and officials at the Schuyler Hospital could not immediately be reached for comment.
Gillick is the third local doctor arrested in the past two years after DEA investigations into illegal dealings with narcotics or prescriptions for painkiller drugs.
Buffalo FBI agents also assisted on the case.
email: dherbeck@buffnews.com