A 63-year-old former official who worked under Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris at a different medical center has been arrested and charged with threatening his life —including calling for the top executive’s beheading.
The U.S. Department of Justice says Lawrence Brunn of Oakmont, Pennsylvania in suburban Pittsburgh, was charged with cyber harassment. If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison.
The Justice Department doesn’t name Couris in a statement announcing the arrest and charges Tuesday or in court papers, only referring to the alleged victim as J.C. The statement does, however, identify him as the chief executive officer of Tampa General, a role Couris has held since 2017…