New York woman arrested for allegedly operating fake dentistry practice, injuring patients

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A pistillate successful New York was arrested for allegedly moving an unlicensed dentistry cognition wrong her Suffolk County location contempt having nary nonrecreational dentistry training. 

Yolany Mejia Carranza, 55, was charged with 3 counts of unauthorized signifier of a profession, according to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina.

"The probe started erstwhile Third Precinct detectives received tips that Carranza had injured respective patients and, successful 1 case, caused terrible nervus harm that led to partial facial paralysis," Catalina said during a quality league Friday. "We deliberation that there's astir apt galore much imaginable complainants retired there, and we would powerfully promote them to travel forward." 

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Yolany Mejia Carranza

A mugshot of Yolany Mejia Carranza, arrested by Suffolk County Police for allegedly operating an amerciable dentistry practice. (Suffolk County Police)

Catalina said constabulary judge Carranza targeted the Hispanic community, peculiarly amerciable immigrants without wellness insurance. 

Yolany Mejia Carranza accused of moving  unlicensed dentistry operation

A dentist seat wrong Yolany Mejia Carranza's alleged amerciable location dental practice.  (Suffolk County Police)

ABC7 reported Carranza lone utilized section anesthesia contempt the superior level of procedures she was completing, and constabulary recovered antibiotics successful the location dentistry abstraction Carranza acquired from overseas. 

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Yolany Mejia Carranza's alleged amerciable  dentistry operation

The makeshift dentist's bureau wherever Yolany Mejia Carranza allegedly ran an amerciable dental practice.  (Suffolk County Police)

Police besides judge she practiced different amerciable location dentistry for 8 years astatine a antithetic location. 

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"[Prosecutors] are alleging that … she's been operating a dental signifier for, I guess, the past 10 oregon 15 years without having the licensing," Carranza's attorney, Aaron Wallenstein, told Fox News Digital.

"You cognize if these [allegations] were existent — that she was really performing dental enactment — and she was for the past 10 oregon 15 years, I think, you know, 3 complaints successful 10 oregon 15 years for immoderate dentist is not a atrocious percent for what they're alleging that she did."

Carranza was arraigned March 14 and released. She is owed backmost successful tribunal April 1.

Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital successful 2025 and covers U.S. Crime. 

Previously, helium was a nationalist relations enforcement and a newsman astatine The Tennessee Star. 

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