Louisiana Psychiatrist Garrick Klaybor Arrested for Punching 14-year-old Patient

April 10, 2025

The head of a Mandeville-area psychiatric hospital said that hospital personnel acted properly to report an incident this week in which the facility's former medical director is accused of striking a 14-year-old patient.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Dr. Garrick Klaybor Wednesday evening and booked him on a count of cruelty to the infirmed, the Sheriff's Office said. A warrant had been issued for Klaybor following the incident Sunday night at Northlake Behavioral Health and he turned himself in, authorities said.

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