Dr. Berry Speaks Out
This guy was the subject of FBI raids last year, and I blogged about him several times.
n his first interview since the national spotlight was pointed at Wellsville during the August anthrax investigation, Berry talked to The Daily Reporter about his current legal battles and the FBI.“(The FBI investigation) totally destroyed my life. I lost my reputation, my wife, my family, my son, my job … everything,” he said.
The FBI has not said if it found any traces of anthrax, and it has not charged Berry in connection with anthrax. The FBI was in and out of Wellsville in one day.
However, his wife, Tana, from whom he is now separated, said she was not surprised the FBI showed up at the door that Thursday morning.
“He knew he was being investigated, he knew it would happen sooner or later, he knew a search warrant was coming,” said Tana.
When asked if the FBI investigation was a waste of time, she said, “That’s not obvious, not to me anyway.”
When asked to further explain, Tana said “no comment.” [snip]
“The most important thing is child custody of my son,” he said. “Basically, my wife is trying to deny I am the father of my son. He is (my son). I am her husband.”
Both parties agree on one thing, Tana was married to someone else during the pregnancy. However, the accusations start to fly after that.
Berry claims labor and delivery records along with birth certificates are missing from Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, where he was the emergency room doctor from December of 1996 to October of 2001. Hospital officials did not return calls seeking comment.
“She had this whole thing set up four years ago including falsification of the birth certificates,” claims Berry. “I remember when the baby was born, the date, the time and the nurse.”
Tana countered, “That’s news to me and totally ludicrous.”
Berry has worked at a hospital in Pittsburgh, commuting by plane while living in Wellsville. He was married and had seven children from two relationships.
