Doctor Steals Hand From Cadaver, Gives It To Stripper

[matcom]

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NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing a hand from a cadaver at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark. The hand was later found by police at the home of a stripper.

Under a plea agreement, Ahmed Rashed, 26, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of third-degree theft, said Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Judson Hamlin.

Rashed, who is currently in his third-year of residency at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, will be prohibited from seeking a license to practice medicine in New Jersey while he is on probation.

Hamlin said he will recommend five years of probation at Rashed's sentencing hearing, scheduled for March 1.

"It was certainly a unique case, but one that attracted more attention than more serious crimes before and after," Hamlin said.

Rashed got to know Linda Kay, an exotic dancer, while he was a medical student. He gave the left hand to Kay, 31, during one of his visits the club where she worked, Hott 22 in Union, which features all-nude dancers.

"Our investigation revealed that she expressed an interest to him in acquiring one, and he followed through with her request," Hamlin said.

Rashed's attorney, Kalman Geist, said his client, while a first-year medical student in 2002, removed the hand from a fully dissected cadaver that was scheduled for cremation.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/16601278.htm

[Deep13]

1. He misunderstood her idiomatic request for assistance moving something.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. You know, Hott 22's is a juice bar, so the guy can't even claim he was drunk.

[NewJeffCT]

7. And you know that because...?

and here I thought you were so sweet & innocent.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. I live in NJ. If it's topless or full-nudity, they can't serve alcohol.

It's the law.

[Little Wing]

10. Ahh, so that's why all the guys from the NJ offices would always

want to go to the local strip bars in MA. Besides the obvious reason, the push to go there always seemed a little excessive.

[NewJeffCT]

11. In Connecticut

At least in Hartford, they have an all-nude strip club that is only a juice bar. Right next to it is a "topless" only place that has a full bar & serves alcohol. The two places are attached to each other. So, you can get a few drinks at the topless place, and then mosey on over to the all-nude side... then go back to refuel.

[Little Wing]

3. He'll just get a slap on the wrist

[lildreamer316]

6. BOOO!

hahahahahahahaa........:rofl:

[Deja Q]

4. Wouldn't a dildo be more sanitary and less prone to infection?

Never mind the smell of a rotting piece of corpse...

[sir_captain]

5. It can't get infected

because it's been embalmed. Most of the time, this keeps it from rotting, too. Mold, well, that's another story.

[NewJeffCT]

8. I guess he misinterpreted things...

when the announcer said, "and give a hand to the lovely Linda, just finshing up her routine..."

[BreweryYardRat]

12. That's weird. But not that big of a deal.

The hand's scheduled for cremation...might as well put it to a better use than just burning it up.

And what kind of stripper wants a severed hand? Goth stripper? Somehow that doesn't seem likely.

[peekaloo]

13. New meaning to five finger discount.

he's a lousy tipper, too.