Posted 8:41 am Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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Trial Date Set For Accused Salon Owner
By DAYNA WORCHEL
Staff Writer
A 38-year-old Tyler woman accused of injecting two women with a clear, liquid gel substance after they came to her beauty salon seeking breast and buttock augmentations has a trial set date set.
The trial will take place July 9 in the Smith County 7th District Court.
Staff Writer
A 38-year-old Tyler woman accused of injecting two women with a clear, liquid gel substance after they came to her beauty salon seeking breast and buttock augmentations has a trial set date set.
The trial will take place July 9 in the Smith County 7th District Court.
Carmel Mitchelle Foster owns the Queen Divas salon on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Tyler, where she allegedly injected the women.
She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if she is convicted of two charges of practicing medicine without a license, Smith County Assistant District Attorney Richard Vance said Monday.
Judge Kerry Russell asked defense attorney O.W. Lloyd whether prosecutors made any plea offers to his client.
She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if she is convicted of two charges of practicing medicine without a license, Smith County Assistant District Attorney Richard Vance said Monday.
Judge Kerry Russell asked defense attorney O.W. Lloyd whether prosecutors made any plea offers to his client.
“There’s been no offer made,” Lloyd responded.
Prosecutor Chris Gatewood said in court that there were no plans to offer any plea deals to Ms. Foster.
One of the women that Ms. Foster allegedly injected with the gel was hospitalized in Longview in February and placed on a ventilator because of a pneumothorax (a buildup of air) and blood in both lungs, Tyler police said. The woman since has been released from the hospital.
Prosecutor Chris Gatewood said in court that there were no plans to offer any plea deals to Ms. Foster.
One of the women that Ms. Foster allegedly injected with the gel was hospitalized in Longview in February and placed on a ventilator because of a pneumothorax (a buildup of air) and blood in both lungs, Tyler police said. The woman since has been released from the hospital.
Ms. Foster told the women she was working under the direction of a doctor in Houston and was using a saline-solution gel in the procedures, according to police.
The second victim told police she developed a rash around the injection site and was under a physician’s care.
Ms. Foster has been confined in the Smith County jail since February on a $200,000 bond.
The second victim told police she developed a rash around the injection site and was under a physician’s care.
Ms. Foster has been confined in the Smith County jail since February on a $200,000 bond.
The second victim told police she developed a rash around the injection site and was under a physician’s care.
Ms. Foster has been confined in the Smith County jail since February on a $200,000 bond.
Ms. Foster has been confined in the Smith County jail since February on a $200,000 bond.
