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| beginyear = April 1987

| endyear = October 1987

| apprehended = November 15, 1987<ref>{{cite web|titlename=Richard"NYT Angelo|url=http://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/angelo-richard.htm|accessdate=12new Decembercharges" 2013}}</ref>

| conviction= [[Murder]]<br>[[Manslaughter]]<br>{{no wrap|[[Criminally negligent homicide]]}}<br>[[Assault]]

| sentence = 61 years to life in prison

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Following his arrest, he confessed to having poisoned other patients with Pavulon and [[Anectine]]. As a result, as many as 30 recently deceased patients were exhumed and examined for traces of these powerful paralyzing agents.<ref>{{cite news|last=Joshua Quittner|first=B.D. Colen|title=Hospital Policies Scrutinized NY weighs rule to speed notice to authorities|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104761961.html?dids=104761961:104761961&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+24%2C+1987&author=By+B.D.+Colen+and+Joshua+Quittner&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Hospital+Policies+Scrutinized+NY+weighs+rule+to+speed+notice+to+authorities&pqatl=google|accessdate=17 March 2012|newspaper=Newsday|date=24 November 1987}}</ref>

It was later concluded that he had poisoned at least 35 people at the hospital while working there for seven months. The poisoning resulted in ten deaths. He claimed that his motive was to portray himself as a [[hero]]. After poisoning his victims, he would wait until they went into [[cardiac arrest]] and then come by and save them in front of his colleagues.<ref name="NYT new charges">{{cite news|last=Gutis|first=Philip S.|title=Nurse faces New Murder Charges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/23/nyregion/nurse-faces-new-murder-charges.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 December 1988}}</ref>

He was held in Suffolk County Jail for more than a year, awaiting trial. He declined to pay his $50,000 bail, fearing for his safety — given the high-profile nature of the case.<ref name="Evening.News">{{cite news|title=State cites 'Angel of Death' hospital for shortcomings|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UklRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kTMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2477%2C2049252|accessdate=17 March 2012|newspaper=The Evening News|date=18 December 1987}}</ref>