RENO, Nev. (AP) — A northern Nevada doctor has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drug distribution charges in a "pill mill" illegal painkiller death case.
Dr. Robert Rand said during sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court in Reno that he was sorry for what he called the terrible harm he caused to the family of Michael Yenick.
But Edward Yenick, the father of the 33-year-old former University of Nevada football player who died in 2015, rejected the apology.
He branded Rand a "monster with a stethoscope."
Judge Miranda Du ran an eight-year sentence for the drug charge concurrently with Rand's manslaughter sentence and said Rand will serve another three years after prison on supervised release.
The judge also fined Rand $25,000 and ordered him to pay $12,000 in funeral expenses to the Yenick family.