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Liliana Coello

Woman Charged After Butt Enhancement Causes Serious Infection

A Queens woman has been charged with assault for giving a woman a buttocks enhancement that led to a serious infection, police said Wednesday.

2012/12/19

Retracting syringes (file/photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

NJ Reports 2 More Meningitis Cases Related To Outbreak

The two cases bring the total in the state to four. All four patients are residents of Cumberland County.

2012/10/12

Kasia Rivera in court (credit: CBS 2)

East Orange Woman Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Penis Injection Case

Authorities have charged 34-year-old Kasia Rivera of East Orange with reckless manslaughter and unauthorized practice of medicine.

2011/12/14

Needle (credit: CBS)

East Orange Woman Charged With Manslaughter After Alleged Fatal Penis Injection

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday that 34-year-old Kasia Rivera gave 22-year-old Justin Street the injection on May 5. He died the next day.

2011/12/09

Generic Arrest File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

NY Woman Accused Of Illegal Silicone Injections

Prosecutors said Whalesca Castillo charged more than $1,000 for each round of shots. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan said the 36-year-old Castillo does not have a medical license.

2011/01/15

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