Phony Doc Arrested After Fatal Butt Injection In Gramercy: NYPD

GRAMERCY, NY — Police have arrested a second person who they say helped perform a black market butt injection that led to a woman's death in July.

Kevin Richardson was finally arrested on Tuesday, more than a month after a grand jury issued an indictment for manslaughter against him for a New York mother's death.

Authorities say that Richardson and his colleague Allison Spence posed as medical professionals while giving a deadly injection to 31-year-old Latesha Bynum. Both Richardson and Spence are facing manslaughter charges.

Police say that Bynum, a mother of two from Harlem, went to a Gramercy apartment for the procedure on July 15. She called 911 complaining of dizziness and chest pains shortly after the injection and was rushed to the hospital. She died more than a week later, on July 27, and the city's medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.

Spence was arrested two months later, on Sept. 28. She remains in jail on a $1 million bail.

The indictment against Spence, 33, and Richardson says the two "recklessly caused the death of Latesha Bynum" through the "wounds and injuries" she inflicted on Bynum during the procedure.

The indictment also indicates that Spence and Richardson had worked together for years conducting illegal butt injections and related operations. According to the indictment, the two are facing eight charges for unauthorized practice of a profession between February 2014 and July 15, 2017, the date when Bynum's botched operation was performed. Authorities could not provide details on Spence and Richardson's relationship.

Richardson was arrested on Tuesday and had not yet been arraigned as of Wednesday morning. Patch was unable to locate a defense attorney for him.

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