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                      VA NEWS FLASH from Larry Scott at VA Watchdog dot Org -- 08-08-2008		  



 


 
 

 


 



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SAN FRANCISCO VA EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF DEATH

THREATS -- He threatened to harm other employees

after receiving a proposed termination letter.

 

 

Story here... http://www.sfgate.com
/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/07/BARN126N8E.DTL

Story below:

 

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VA employee accused of death threats

Henry K. Lee



An employee of a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in San Francisco, facing termination for allegedly being abusive to colleagues, was charged in federal court Wednesday with threatening to buy a machine gun and kill everyone there, court records show.

Felicisimo Belleza, 41, was charged with threatening an officer of the United States after he made the statement July 31 to a benefit counselor at the VA's Palo Alto hospital, Special Agent Lori Pang of the VA's Office of Inspector General wrote in an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

 Later that day, VA police saw Belleza dressed in desert fatigue clothing "similar to what the soldiers wear in Iraq" at the VA's nursing home on Clement Street in San Francisco, Pang wrote.

Nine days earlier, Belleza threatened to harm employees at the nursing home after receiving a proposed termination letter "due to abusiveness to the nursing home staff, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching of staff and making threats," Pang wrote.

During the July 22 meeting, Belleza said that he believed the veterans were not receiving proper care and that the VA police were always following him around the hospital grounds, authorities said. The police were following him because of his behavior toward his co-workers, investigators said.

As a result of Belleza's threats, police have increased security around the nursing home by adding cameras, locking some doors and disabling the automatic front door.

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