Oakmont man threatened to use guillotine on Florida hospital CEO, police say
An Oakmont man was arrested and charged with cyber harassment of a Florida hospital CEO, including threats to use a guillotine.
Florida officials are seeking to extradite Lawrence Brunn, 63, to face charges that he has been harassing the CEO of Tampa General Hospital, according to court documents.
The CEO, identified as “J.C.” in a criminal complaint, formerly worked as president and CEO of Florida’s Jupiter Medical Center.
Brunn worked at the hospital until 2014, when he was fired for falsely accusing the chief financial officer of embezzling hospital funds, the complaint says.
Brunn began harassing Jupiter Medical Center, police said, which later filed a lawsuit against him. The courts ruled in favor of the hospital in 2020, and Brunn began threatening the CEO via mail and Brunn’s own website, the complaint says.
Brunn’s online posts — including text and videos — often called for beheading the CEO using a guillotine, the complaint says.
“You need to donate your heads, OK?” Brunn posted April 17, according to the complaint. “It’s called a guillotine, OK? You should be scared, not of me, but of we the people.”
Brunn also sent mail to the CEO’s residence, the CEO’s neighbors and Tampa General Hospital trustees, according to the complaint. The CEO has employed full-time security to monitor his home and commute to work, the complaint said.
Brunn faces up to five years in federal prison if he is found guilty.
The case was investigated by the FBI.
Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.
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