Yong Li Dong accused of receiving stolen medical supplies

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia Law enforcement have arrested a gentleman who they say experienced stolen health care tools at his residence, element of an ongoing probe into how clinical materials have been taken from a neighborhood hospital.

Officers claimed Wednesday they charged 54-year-previous Yong Li Dong with getting stolen goods. He is no cost on bond. 

The investigation and arrest spun out of a continuing investigation into the theft of health care equipment in Columbia that led to an arrest and seizure of merchandise late final thirty day period.

In this most new incident, officers say they obtained a lookup warrant to lookup Dong’s property in Richland County. Officers say they uncovered medical goods which include gloves and uniforms with an approximate worth of $70,000.

Officers reported they carried out a separate research of a home on Standish Street in which they identified a lot more medical provides with a benefit of $5,000.

In March, officers arrested 36-calendar year-old Gregory L. Gill, a former Prisma Overall health staff. He was billed with two counts of grand larceny 

Columbia Police claimed the original investigation began following protection at Prisma Wellness Baptist Clinic reviewed security video clip on Feb. 23 and reported the theft of an electrocardiogram machine value $25,000. They afterwards described an additional theft to law enforcement on March 1 of two “Welch Allyn” devices that were being valued among $30,000 and $50,000 and a mobile pc really worth about $8,000.

Authorities believe that the merchandise may possibly have been stolen to be resold.

Investigators discovered and recovered most of the gear from a home on Indigo Springs Drive where the Richland County Sheriff’s Office assisted and started their own investigation.

The sheriff’s division declared last Friday that it had observed “hundreds of hundreds of dollars” in stolen things at the house of 54-yr-aged Yong Li Dong in the 200 block of Indigo Springs Generate.

Although in the dwelling assisting with the Columbia Law enforcement investigation of stolen healthcare tools, deputies explained they located hundreds of merchandise – a lot of with security tags nonetheless attached – that they suspected ended up tied to shoplifting scenarios in the space.

Investigators valued the stolen products experienced a cumulative rate tag of about $500,000 and incorporated goods from Lowe’s, Walmart, Household Depot, Goal, and other organizations that experienced decline prevention teams appear to get better their products.