Lawsuits Allege Doctor Let Patient Die to Steal Rolex

(Stockton, California) A 32-year-old traveling doctor, Cleveland James Enmon, faces criminal and civil lawsuits for allegedly allowing patient Jerry Kubena Sr. to die so that he could steal his Rolex, valued at greater than $11,000.

Details of Enmon's Aug. 25 indictment by a San Joaquin County grand jury remain secret until his arraignment Monday. The 15-page civil lawsuit lays out the allegations like this:

Kubena was taken by ambulance to the hospital's emergency room. After he died, a puzzled nurse asked, "Where is the wristwatch?" Two nurses then noticed a watch-like bulge in Enmon's pocket.

Nobody responded to the question, so hospital security was called. Enmon defied orders to stay put and walked outside to the hospital parking lot. A nurse who followed said she saw Enmon toss something from his pocket into the grass.

The nurse retrieved the watch, and hospital administrators fired Enmon on the spot. Surveillance cameras captured Enmon walking to the parking lot and then back inside the hospital.

The civil lawsuit alleges that the St. Joseph's Medical Center administrators conspired to conceal the entire episode and seeks an undisclosed amount of money. St. Joseph's administrator Michael Ricks; Catholic Healthcare West; and Apexx Physicians Medical Corporation, Enmon's direct employer, are also named in the lawsuit.

"Watch-like bulge?"