Afrigather Crime
By TERRY SPENCER, Related Press
A Tampa-area plastic surgeon has been charged with homicide, accused of killing a lawyer lacking since final week from a agency that represents former co-workers the physician has been suing in a enterprise dispute.
Largo police arrested Dr. Tomasz Kosowski on a first-degree homicide cost on Saturday within the disappearance of Steven Cozzi, who was final seen Tuesday at Blanchard Legislation, the agency the place he labored.
Police mentioned Sunday that whereas Cozzi’s physique has not been discovered, they’ve proof that he was killed by Kosowski.
They mentioned Cozzi’s pockets, telephone and keys have been discovered within the legislation workplace together with a major quantity of blood within the lavatory. They are saying a suspicious particular person and automotive have been seen on the workplace, main them to Kosowski. A search of the physician’s Tarpon Springs dwelling discovered proof that led to his arrest, police mentioned. They didn’t elaborate.
Kosowski, 44, who goes by “Dr. Okay,” was being held with out bail on Sunday on the Pinellas County Jail. Court docket and jail information don’t point out if he has employed an legal professional.
Blanchard Legislation has been representing Kosowski’s former employer and associates in a lawsuit he filed towards them 4 years in the past and is ongoing. Jake Blanchard, the agency’s principal companion, didn’t instantly reply Sunday to an electronic mail and telephone message looking for remark.
Within the lawsuit, Kosowski mentioned he started working for Laufer Institute of Plastic Surgical procedure in 2016, largely doing breast reconstruction surgical procedure. He mentioned the lady Laufer Institute assigned to do his insurance coverage billing didn’t file claims and lied to his sufferers, costing him tens of hundreds of {dollars} and leading to adverse critiques of him to be posted on-line.
“Dr. Okay’s promising younger profession has primarily been obliterated” by the lady’s actions, Kosowski lawsuit says. “By way of no fault of his personal, his profession was put instantly in jeopardy and his repute has been deeply tarnished.”
He left Laufer Institute in 2018 and had arrange his personal apply. Laufer Institute didn’t instantly return a name looking for remark Sunday.
