Suspect in gruesome buttocks lift "procedure" arrested
A 30-year-old transgender woman with no apparent medical training was arrested in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Nov. 18 - after a year of eluding authorities - for practicing medicine without a license with serious bodily injury. In May 2010,
Oneal Ron Morris (pictured) allegedly injected substances including cement, glue and tire sealant into a woman as part of a buttocks enhancement "procedure" that landed the victim in Tampa General Hospital, according to the Nov. 22 online edition of USA Today.
The victim, who says she was referred to Morris by a friend, reportedly paid $700 for the series of injections. Additional medical bills are accumulating due to ongoing health issues that also prevent the victim from working. No other information on the victim was available.
Medical personnel in the Miami suburb alerted authorities after speaking with the victim about her experience. "The doctors knew no licensed physician in his right mind would ever do this," Miami Gardens Police Sgt. Bill Bamford told the newspaper.
Sgt. 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.'"
Morris regularly moved locations in south Florida to avoid arrest after an investigation by the Florida Department of Health, USA Today reported. An investigator with knowledge of Morris' addresses found his auto outside one of them during a routine drive-by and subsequently arrested the suspect.
Additional possible victims are beginning to come forward, the New York Daily News reported on Nov. 23.
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