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Former Contractor Arrested in Utah Hospital Theft of Bone and Skin Grafts

Police say surveillance, together with a home search, links him to a plan to resell high-value medical supplies.

Overview

  • Jason Brauner, 47, was booked on burglary and theft charges after investigators tied him to about $25,000 in supplies taken from Holy Cross Hospital — Mountain Point in Lehi.
  • Arrest documents say he made multiple unauthorized entries between Nov. 11 and Nov. 26, with Nov. 25 video showing him in scrubs and a mask leaving with concealed items.
  • Staff recognized him as a former housekeeper, and police say footage showed entry through unsecured dock doors and movement through restricted supply areas.
  • A search of his Salt Lake City home recovered handwritten inventory lists and a script for contacting potential buyers, and his wife told detectives he had been selling bone and skin grafts to companies around the country.
  • Investigators found several secured doors taped open at the hospital, their origin undetermined, as they probe related thefts at other facilities; hospital officials said care was not affected and noted his prior contract work there.