A Clayton County psychiatrist facing murder charges in the overdose deaths of several patients will be allowed to look for work - but not as a physician, under a bond-modification deal reached Tuesday.
Clayton Superior Court Judge Matthew Simmons made the $456,000 bond more flexible to allow Dr. Narendra Nagareddy to find a job and meet with his attorney. While Simmons allowed Nagareddy to find work in other non-medical fields he denied his request to be able to leave his home and worship at his church, his attorney Steve Frey said.
Nagareddy was charged in May with killing at least three of his former patients who died of drug overdoses. He was initially arrested last January after more than a year of undercover investigations and interviews with medical professionals as well as current and former patients. Although the investigation was a local-state-federal operation, the charges will be brought in state court rather than federal court.
Nagareddy has been confined to his Henry County home since June. A trial date has not been set.
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