A man was arrested Saturday and charged in connection with stealing an ultrasound device from an eye doctor who volunteered at a free medical clinic.
Ryan M. Stephens was charged with theft over $1,000, Bradley County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Bob Gault said. The device was worth about $3,000, he said.
Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based opthalmologist Robert Dotson said that when he realized the handheld device, which is used for diagnostics, was missing, he reported it to the clinic’s organizers, who contacted police.
“It caused quite a bit of consternation on my part,” Dotson said.
Another doctor at the Remote Area Medical clinic, which was held at Cleveland High School, noticed that one of Dotson’s patients, identified as Stephens, was acting strangely, Dotson said.