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Doctors turn detective, suspect UCSF colleague

Jim Herron Zamora, OF THE EXAMINER STAFF

Published 4:00 am, Thursday, August 19, 1999

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Doctors-turn-detective-suspect-UCSF-colleague-3071314.php#ixzz2EtoW7c4dAn anesthesiologist has been charged with stealing the credit cards of her fellow physicians from their UC-San Francisco lockers and then charging designer dresses at Macy's.
Wanda Heffernon, 40, of Richmond, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 23 felony charges, including grand theft, possession of stolen property forgery and unauthorized use of a credit card.
Heffernon was arrested Tuesday after her fellow doctors initiated their own investigation and noticed that her dress size was the same as the dresses purchased at Macy's using the stolen credit cards, according to the San Francisco district attorney's office. Ultimately, police also found dresses purchased with the stolen cards during a search of Heffernon's home, prosecutors said.
Between February and July, four doctors had one credit card each taken from their bags, which had been left in UCSF hospital's Fellows Room. The doctors each have a locker but at the time the same key could open any locker.
The doctors talked with one another and realized they were all victims of unauthorized charges at Macy's, prosecutors said. The doctors contacted the department store and photographed items similar to those that had been charged to their cards, according to prosecutors.
"They noticed (Heffernon) wearing what appeared to be some of the items purchased at Macy's with the stolen cards," district attorney's spokesman Clarence Johnson said in a statement.
At a party at Heffernon's home in June, several other doctors also noticed items that appeared to have been illegally charged to their accounts, including a Ralph Lauren quilt, prosecutors said. At another party attended by Heffernon at a fellow doctor's home, a jewelry box containing family heirlooms was taken. When police searched Heffernon's home on Aug. 10, they found the missing jewelry box and its contents, prosecutors said.
"The doctors did this work on their own and then brought everything to UC police," said prosecutor Alan Kennedy.
"The investigation confirmed their suspicions."


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Doctors-turn-detective-suspect-UCSF-colleague-3071314.php#ixzz2EtoLf3QNIssue date: February 02, 2000 Wanda Heffernon

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Physician arrested; elderly women robbed

By ANNE H. KIM   A former UCSF Stanford Medical Center anesthesiologist, out on bail in a previous felony arrest, was arrested again January 27 on charges of robbing two elderly Portola Valley women.
Wanda Newbreast Heffernon, 41, of Richmond, had been out on a $45,000 bail in December when she allegedly stole diamond rings from a 94-year-old and bookends from an 80-year-old, said San Mateo County Sheriff's Detective Gregory Eatmon. Ms. Heffernon, who has licenses to practice medicine, surgery and physical therapy, was employed with Dublin-based Career Staff Unlimited, a temporary physical therapy agency, and hired as a temporary therapist at The Sequoias retirement community in Portola Valley where the two elderly women lived, said Detective Eatmon. Investigators with the Sheriff's Office arrested Ms. Heffernon after they found the stolen items in her home in the 3000 block of Hull Drive in Richmond, said Detective Eatmon. Ms. Heffernon faces charges of strong-arm robbery, elder abuse, possessing stolen property, and committing a felony while out on bail for another felony. Bail was set at $350,000 and Ms. Heffernon was to appear in court on January 31. A staff person with the temporary agency said a statement on the agency's background check policy would be faxed, but it was not received by the Almanac before press time. Ms. Heffernon is already facing up to 14 years and eight months in state prison, up to $40,000 in fines and total restitution for losses if found guilty and convicted for another felony arrest in August of last year. In that case, Ms. Heffernon is being charged with burglary, grand theft, credit card fraud, and forging signatures to gain controlled substances, said Alan Kennedy, an assistant district attorney in San Francisco. Ms. Heffernon allegedly used the stolen cards to purchase at least $8,000 worth of clothing, jewelry and housewares at Macy's department store, said Mr. Kennedy. Police also found in Ms. Heffernon's home jewelry that had been reported stolen, said Mr. Kennedy.

Doctor Who Preyed On Elders Sentenced / Ring pried from woman's finger

Marshall Wilson, San Francisco ChronicleCopyright 2012 San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Marshall Wilson, Chronicle Staff Writer

Published 4:00 am, Saturday, December 2, 2000

A judge sentenced a former University of California at San Francisco anesthesiologist to state prison yesterday for prying the diamond wedding ring off the finger of a frail 94-year-old woman.
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Robert Foiles said Wanda Newbreast Heffernon preyed upon an "extremely vulnerable" victim while working temporarily as a physical therapist in a nursing home. Foiles sentenced Heffernon to spend two years in state prison and pay $2,000 in restitution.
Heffernon, 42, had pleaded no contest to elder abuse and receiving stolen property, both felonies. Prosecutors dropped a charge of strong-arm robbery in exchange for her plea.
Heffernon -- out on bail and facing criminal charges in San Francisco -- was working at a Portola Valley nursing home in late 1999 when she pried the wedding and engagement rings from a woman who had worn them for more than 65 years. Foiles said there "is a dark side to Ms. Heffernon that is difficult to fathom."
With credit for time served in San Mateo County Jail since her arrest, Heffernon could be released in a matter of weeks by the state Department of Corrections, Deputy District Attorney Kathy Rogers said.
Heffernon worked as an anesthesiologist and taught at UC San Francisco until her arrest by San Francisco police in September 1999. She is suspected of forging prescriptions and stealing credit cards and jewelry from colleagues,
San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Alan Kennedy said.
While out on bail, she went to work as a physical therapist for a medical service that sent her to the Portola Valley nursing home. While there, a 94- year-old woman reported that her rings were stolen and another said a valuable set of bookends was missing.
San Mateo County Sheriff's Department investigators found the stolen property at Heffernon's Richmond home, along with
a substantial amount of stolen prescription medication, court records show.
Sidney Liebes, whose mother's rings were stolen, recounted yesterday the pain his mother felt both physically and emotionally. He said the rings "had enormous sentimental value," and he expressed frustration that Heffernon was not convicted of more-serious crimes.
Once she is out of state prison, Heffernon faces prosecution on 44 criminal charges in San Francisco, 41 of them felonies, Kennedy said.
Heffernon, who has been in custody in lieu of $350,000 bail, told the court she is "sorry" for her actions. Her attorney, Colin Cooper, said Heffernon is in a recovery program from drug addiction while in jail and asked that she be given probation rather than a prison sentence.


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Physician pleads no contest to thefts at The Sequoias

Wanda Newbreast Heffernon, a 41-year-old former UCSF Stanford Medical Center anesthesiologist from Richmond, faces up to two years in state prison for stealing from two elderly women while working last December as a physical therapist at the Sequoias retirement community in Portola Valley. Ms. Heffernon, who has licenses to practice medicine, surgery and physical therapy, pleaded no contest last week to one count of theft embezzlement of an elder or dependent adult by a caretaker, and to one count of receiving stolen property. Other charges were dismissed after she negotiated a plea bargain. A sentencing hearing is set for November 7 in Superior Court. Sheriff's deputies arrested Ms. Heffernon in January after she stole a wedding and engagement ring from a 94-year-old and bookends from an 80-year-old, both residents at the Sequoias. Ms. Heffernon had been working as a physical therapist at the retirement community when the thefts occurred. During the investigation, sheriff's investigators also arrested Rebecca Shante Askew, 28, of Hayward and Mountain View, a nursing assistant who admitted to stealing from several residents and a co-worker at the Sequoias last year.
Anesthesiologist convicted of elder abuse, gets two years
SAN MATEO – An anesthesiologist who stole a wedding ring from the finger of one of her patients was sentenced to two years in state prison.
Wanda Newbreast Heffernon, 42, of Richmond was convicted of felony charges of elder abuse and receiving stolen property. She must also pay $2,000 in restitution.
Heffernon pleaded no contest to the charges.
Heffernon was working at a Portola Valley nursing home in late 1999 when she stole a diamond wedding ring and engagement ring from a 94-year-old woman.


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