Police: Fake doc injected cement in woman's rear
By KELLI KENNEDY
Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) -- A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body. Police say what she found was a woman posing as a doctor who filled her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant.
The suspect - who police say was born a man and identifies as a woman - apparently performed the surgery on herself, and investigators say she may have victimized others. Oneal Ron Morris, 30, was arrested Friday after a year on the lam and has been charged with practicing medicine without a license with serious bodily injury.
Police photos show Morris as a small-framed woman with bee-stung pouty lips, arched eyebrows, oversized hoop earrings - and a large backside. She was released from jail on bond. A phone listing for Morris could not be found, and it's unclear if she has an attorney.
Miami Gardens Police Sgt. Bill Bamford said Sunday that Morris bounced from house to house for a year, driving a black Mercedes and staying out of investigators' sight "like a ghost." An officer drove by one of those possible houses nearly every day on his way to work and saw the car outside on Friday, and he arrested Morris soon after.
The victim, who is not being named due to medical privacy laws, paid $700 for a series of injections in May 2010. She was referred to Morris by a friend.
Morris injected some type of tube in several sites around her bottom, pumping it full of a toxic concoction. Morris reassured the woman when the pain became too intense, police said.
Bamford said Morris told the woman, "`Oh don't worry, you'll be fine. We just keep injecting you with the stuff and it all works itself out.'"
Bamford said the victim was reluctant to come forward. She quickly went to two South Florida hospitals due to severe abdominal pain and infected sores on her buttocks accompanied by flu-like symptoms. But she left each time, too embarrassed to tell doctors what she'd done.
Her mother eventually took her to a hospital on Florida's west coast, where alarmed doctors pressed her for information. They alerted the Department of Health.
"The doctors knew no licensed physician in his right mind would ever do this," Bamford said.
The victim is still recovering from the surgery and says it's too painful to work. She also has racked up numerous medical bills.
Authorities believe there are other victims who may be too embarrassed to come forward.
"(Morris) was readily introduced to our victim as someone who could help improve her shape, so we believe (she's) done this to other people," Bamford said.
Second story about it.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (CBSMiami.com) – Cement and fix-a-flat aren’t the typical things you’d consider injecting into your body. But that’s exactly what Miami Gardens Police said a fake doctor was doing to at least one victim.
The man, Oneal Ron Morris, 30, allegedly injected a substance consisting of cement, “fix-a-flat,” mineral oil, and “super glue,” into his victim’s buttocks for cosmetic surgery and then sealed the incision with “super glue,” according to Miami Gardens Police.
As a result of the compound, Morris’ victim was hospitalized with what police called a “serious medical condition as a result of the injections.”
Sgt. Bill Bamford said the victim was hospitalized with pneumonia and MRSA.
“This cocktail of chemicals went into her body and caused her terrific pain,” he said.
Miami Gardens Police said Morris, who was born a man, also performed a similar procedure on himself.
Tangela Sears is not familiar with Oneal Morris but she is intimately familiar with the illegal practice of medicine. Her mother Vera Lawrence died 10 years ago after receiving silicone injections at house parties. Sears says the men who injected her mother were not doctors and she wants others to avoid the pain her family suffers.
“If you’re being injected outside of a doctor’s office it’s with some type of chemical that’s either going to cripple you and kill you immediately or eventually you’re going to die,” said Sears. “I lost my mother to something senseless that could have been avoided.”
Doctor Rainer Sachse is a plastic surgeon in Fort Lauderdale. He says people must do their homework before allowing someone to inject a substance into their bodies.
“I understand people are trying to find a shortcut,” Dr. Sachse said. “Sometimes it might work but more often than not it probably doesn’t work and then it’s sad something like this can happen.”
Police said Morris may have other victims that may be afraid to come forward. They urge any potential victims, or anyone with more information on Morris, to call Miami Gardens Police at 305-474-1420.
That a rock hard ass. You hit that butt and you will be a world of hurt.
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