EGF woman charged with attempted murder has P.A. license revoked
The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice announced Thursday that an East Grand Forks mother charged with attempted murder has had her license as a physician's assistant suspended.
The suspension was automatic since the district court of Polk County has ruled that Breezetta Etienne, who is accused of trying to poison her young daughters with vehicle exhaust, is mentally incompetent, said Ruth Martinez, supervisor of the board's complaint review unit.
The court order was issued in early July. The board's action took effect Sep. 29, Martinez said.
She said Etienne, 31, can regain her license if she can demonstrate she is fit to resume practicing. Etienne had been registered as physician's assistant in Minnesota since 2005
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Etienne has pleaded not guilty with a mental health defense to two counts of first-degree attempted murder.
Police found Etienne and her two daughters inside a running SUV in the garage of their home June 22. The three were conscious when officers arrived, and the children were treated and released at a hospital the same day. Police say a suicide note was in the vehicle.
Minot, N.D., men convicted of robbery
Two Minot men were found guilty Thursday afternoon of robbing a man at gunpoint in July 2007.
Bradley Davis and Antonio Stridiron were accused of holding a 9-mm handgun to the man's head as he tried to leave Davis' bachelor party.
A jury of 12 Grand Forks area residents reached the verdict after less than two hours of deliberating.
The judge said he would set a sentencing date shortly. Stridiron's attorney said he and his client would like to get the sentencing over as soon as possible, so they can begin an appeal.
This trial was moved to Grand Forks because of the attention given to a trial in which Davis was convicted of aggravated assault and Stridiron was found guilty of murder in the death of 27-year-old Joshua Velasquez. Authorities said Velasquez was killed in a Minot alley about 24 hours after the robbery.
