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Connecticut Man Arrested for Doing Dental Surgery in a La Quinta Hotel Room

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Police found “an impromptu operating set up with dental drills, suction machines and a portable X-ray machine” inside his La Quinta Hotel room.

Mugshot of Hugo Moraes-DeLima.
Danbury Police Department

A man was arrested in Danbury, Connecticut on Monday night for allegedly running an illegal dentistry operation out of at a local La Quinta Hotel. Local police entered Hugo Moraes-DeLima’s room to find “an impromptu operating set up with dental drills, suction machines and a portable X-ray machine,” as well as amoxcillin and other medications, officials told Eyewitness News 3. While questioning the suspect, someone walked out of the bathroom with gauze in their mouth and told officials he’d just received a dental procedure, officials said.

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