More victims reported in US “Fix-a-Flat” buttocks case

MIAMI, (Reuters) – More alleged victims are coming  forward in the case of a Florida resident accused of injecting  “super glue” and flat-tire repair materials into the buttocks  of a woman in a botched illegal cosmetic surgery procedure, the  Florida Department of Health said today.
Oneal Ron Morris, 30, was arrested by Miami Gardens police  on Friday in Fort Lauderdale and charged with causing bodily  injury and practicing healthcare without a license. Police  referred to Morris as a man though he had the appearance of a  woman in the arrest photo released by police.
According to the charge, Morris, acting without a required  medical practitioner’s license and starting in May 2010,  injected substances into the buttocks of a woman client to  improve their “shape and cosmetic appearance.”
Morris was allegedly paid $700 for this.
“Initial laboratory analysis conducted by medical personnel  determined the foreign substances injected into the victim  consisted of a host of household and automotive products  including superglue, mineral oil and “Fix-a-Flat” (a tire  repair material),” Jennifer Hirst, deputy press secretary of  Florida’s Department of Health, said in an email.
This treatment resulted in “life-threatening injuries” for  the victim, who was not named, according to the accusation.
“As a result of the national and international media  attention that Morris’ arrest has already received, several  other possible victims have come forward alleging Morris  performed similar procedures on them that also resulted in  life-threatening injuries,” the email said.
It gave no details of the additional victims.
“A joint investigation between DOH and law enforcement  continues; additional arrests are possible,” the Department of  Health email said.
Excerpts from the report of Morris’ Nov. 18 arrest cited by  NBC Miami said that the woman who allegedly underwent the 2010  treatment by Morris began feeling sick within a few hours of  the injections and became “very ill.”
“The injection sites were bleeding and puss was excreting,”  said the report quoted by NBC.
“The victim sustained extensive disfigurement to her  buttocks and scarring, had to undergo several blood  transfusions and multiple surgeries … followed with home  nursing care for several weeks,” it added.
In comments to NBC, Miami Gardens Police Captain Ralph  Suarez said Morris had displayed “no regards for human life …  no regards for health.”
“We would like to keep him inside,” Suarez added. After the  arrest last week, Morris was transported to the Miami-Dade  County Jail subject to a $15,500 bond.