A New York City doctor, who pleaded guilty to fraud three years ago, shot himself to death on the day he was scheduled to report to prison.
Haitian born Orthopedic surgeon Gregory Perrier was on his way to the Otisville Federal Prison in Orange County when he asked his lawyer, Al Walker, to take him to the cemetery so he could visit his parents’ grave.
Reports say while the 46-year-old doctor was standing by his parents’ gravesite he pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.
He then fell face up with his left hand on his chest surrounded by the flowers he had brought with him to the cemetery.
Friends say Perrier, who lived in Dix Hills, Long Island, with his wife and six children, had gotten caught up with in an insurance scam colleagues at his Flatlands, Brooklyn, office were involved with.
Authorities say the doctors were overcharging insurance companies by submitting phony bills.
While awaiting sentencing, Perrier traveled to Haiti last year to help victims of earthquake.
1-Hot Story
A-Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on Google+
Follow us on Twitter
15 users commented in " Brooklyn Dr. Gregory Perrier kills self on parents’ gravesite on day he was to report to prison "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis is such a sad senseless tragedy.
Greg was a wonderful husband and father.
He had a beautiful family and recently became
A Christian .
God bless and keep his family.
My prayers go out to them.
May god forgive him for the suicide.
Greg was a great doctor and a good man. He was brilliant, worked hard, and achieved at the highest levels. He had a beautiful family, with wonderful, highly accomplished children and a beautiful and loving wife. He taught his children to be disciplined, to be exceptional and to achieve at the highest levels, as well. It is with great sadness that I have learned of his death. I can only imagine how distraught and cornered he must have felt and I wish he had been able to see that he could get past this. He did much that was great in his life and he accomplished wonderful things. It is my deepest hope that his children will hold on to that. Rest in peace, Greg. May God Bless and Protect your soul and may He Bless and Protect your wife and children.
We are so saddened by this news. I was blessed to meet the very pleasant and passionate father, doctor, and friend of the family in the U.S.; and fondly remember the family’s brilliant performance at Surf Side, Bermuda for my bro’s wedding. I trust that Mrs. Perrier and each of those six beautiful & talented children is able to grieve peacefully with the hope that God is still in control.
Special regards from our two children to their friends. You all remain lovingly in our thoughts and prayers.
Is anyone doing anything to help the Perrier family? Is the Bethany Adventist Church or anyone in his Dix Hills community reaching out to see what his family needs. Please tell me how I can help.
T Covello
dr p was my brother n friend the feds should have made him pay a fine now kids have no dad wife has no husband feds kill another good guy rip dr p ththe goverment sucks v cigar
feds tryed to flip dr p so that didnt work so they put u in jail now nobody wins dr p was a stand up guy n a great dr u do so many good things u do 1 bad n this is what happens so what did the goverment realy get nothing case closed but who will suffer not feds but dr ps wife n kids so no justice served here vito cigar
Dearest Family, Hold on to your faith, you had the very best in a husband and father! God only sees the best He created our beloved Dr. Gregory Perrier in his image. So Stand and let the Lord see you through. How can you smile when your heart has been broken? After you done all you can, after you gone through the hurt,the storm, pray and cry and then just stand! Let go and let God and never give up! Victory will come in time. Just give up our prayer are with you always.
Love you always
Ernest and Sharon Borno
Dearest Family, Hold on to your faith, you had the very best in a husband and father! God only sees the best He created our beloved Dr. Gregory Perrier in his image. So Stand and let the Lord see you through. How can you smile when your heart has been broken? After you done all you can, after you gone through the hurt,the storm, pray and cry and then just stand! Let go and let God and never give up! Victory will come in time. Our prayer are with you always.
Love you always
Ernest and Sharon Borno
I am so sad to here this tragic news, i was blessed to have worked with such a great talent. Dr. Perrier taught me a lot and he does have a beautiful family. Not sure why he would do such a thing, but my prayers and heart goes out to his family..
I know this is late coming in but Dr g was one of gods true angel and I hopen is family keep their date because God is in charge I all will prevail
dear readers, please don’t believe everything you read in media, he was not involved in insurance fraud he only pleaded guilty to protect people he knew, he was just being a loyal friend, and he didn’t shot himself because he was afraid of going to jail, he had ni fear,why he did what he did is nobody’s business but his own, he was a man with grace and poise my true hero …..till we meet again
Dear Perrier family,How sadden i was to finally findout what happen.I had asked my doctor over a year ago how doctor perrier was and only when i met a lawyer i was told of this tragic incident.I can only say that i have never met a more sincere person in my life and not only was he my doctor but i considered him a friend,he invited me to his home and even gave me one of his pups from a very expensive dog,i will miss him and my prayers are with his family,sorry this comment had to come so late.
I was doing research on medical pioneers and was not happy with the choice I made so I decided to look into Dr. Gregory Perrier, only to find out about this tragedy. I felt as though somebody punched me in the stomach and took my breath away. He was such a caring, loving, fun person. He didn’t look at me as “just a patient”, he treated me as a friend.
Dr. Perrier performed bi-lateral carpal tunnel surgery on my in 1996-1997. Thanks to this wonderful Doctor I have had no problems with my hands and if it were not for me actually showing people my scars, you would never have known that I had surgery at all. He also treated me for a torn rotator cuff, which once again I have no problems with.
Although this tragedy took place in 2011, I would like to send my sincere condolences to his family.
Dr. Perrier, I salute you and know that you are resting in paradise.
The greatest man on earth. Very professional, polite, kind, definitely a good guy. I will miss him very much and may God bless all the perrier´s family.
wow wow wow wow…this is sooo shocking to me..i didn’t know Dr perrier past..my condolences goes out to the perrier family..he was an awesome man, very kind, easy spoken, very talented, very professional,polite and knows his job.. may his soul rest in peace and peace be onto his family..
Leave A Reply