‘Rick, are you drunk or something?’ Police say VA nurse downed beers, assisted in surgery.


When authorities showed up to interview Richard Pieri, a Pennsylvania nurse, they asked him if he knew why they were there.

“I guess it has something to do with me being drunk on call,” he responded, according to a probable-cause affidavit.

But Pieri was not only intoxicated while on call, authorities allege. They think he also was under the influence of alcohol when he participated in an emergency appendectomy at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.

He now faces charges of recklessly endangering another person, driving under the influence and public drunkenness, according to court documents.

A message left for Pieri was not returned.

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