Chin, Cadden Face Tuesday Hearing

UPDATED: HEARING IS TUESDAY, NOT MONDAY


By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Two Massachusetts pharmacists already serving federal prison terms will be facing two hearings in Michigan where they now face 11 counts each of second degree murder.
Barry J. Cadden and Glenn Chin are being held at the Livingston County Jail pending hearings on Tuesday.
According to the Michigan Attorney General's office the a Tuesday hearing will be a so-called probable cause session where a judge will determine if there is sufficient evidence for the cases to go forward.
The March 12 hearing will be a preliminary examination session, according to Kelly Rossman-McKinney, spokeswoman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
The two were arraigned on the charges on Feb. 25 before Magistrate Jerry Sherwood.
The two defendants were brought to Michigan from separate federal prisons in Pennsylvania.
Cadden was president and part owner of the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. Chin was a supervising pharmacist and oversaw operations in the clean room where fungus laced steroids were prepared. Over 100 patients died after being injected with the tainted medications.
Following the Michigan hearings Cadden will be brought back to the federal prison in Loretto, PA. where he is serving a nine year sentence following his conviction on racketeering and mail fraud charges.
Chin will be returning to the federal prison in Allenwood, PA. He is serving an eight year sentence following his conviction on the same charges as Cadden.
The two were cleared of federal second degree murder/racketeering charges in two separate trials.
The two are charged in the Michigan case in the deaths of Donna Kruzich, Paula Brent, Lyn Laperriere, Sally Roe, Mary Plettl, Gayle Gibson, Patricia Malafouris, Emma Todd, Jennie Barth, Ruth Madouse and Karine Baxter.
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