Marian Antoinette Patterson reportedly was charged with false imprisonment and making terroristic threats after allegedly telling her employees she was going to "slit their throats." (Lowndes County Sheriff's Office)
A doctor in Georgia has been charged with making terroristic threats after she allegedly threatened to "slit" her employees' throats.
Marian Antoinette Patterson, a family practice doctor who's worked in the Valdosta area for almost 30 years, allegedly shouted a slew of threats at her employees, WCTV reported.
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Authorities reportedly responded to Patterson's South Georgia practice on Feb. 21 after reports of a disturbance.
Patterson, according to authorities, told employees she would "slit their throats." She allegedly even told one worker she was going to "cut her head off and roll it down the hallway" and then call the employee's children to show them.
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Car owner Seth Headley says the suspect, wearing a bulletproof vest with a gun on his hip, walked up to his car and set it on fire.
The doctor allegedly grabbed at least one employee and threw a catalog, reflex hammer and prescription bottles, along with trying to throw a large potted plant. Patterson also tossed water on two employees, according to the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Ashley Paulk called Patterson's situation "unfortunate," and blamed issues happening in her life for her actions.
"It's unfortunate, there's some factors in her life that brought about some emotional problems I feel like," Paulk told WALB. "I hope this is something she can put behind her, because she has a lot of patients, a lot of people that trust her as their doctor, and it's just one of those things that I hope she can work through."
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Patterson's medical license was temporarily suspended in March, according to Georgia Composite Medical Board records. WCTV reported the board mentioned the Feb. 21 incident in the suspension order and reportedly said it had received allegations that Patterson had been under the influence at the office several times.
Patterson has been charged with three counts of terroristic threats and false imprisonment, according to reports. She turned herself in last week and has since been released on bail.
Her office did not respond to Fox News' request for comment.
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