CANFIELD, Ohio - Editor's Note: On Feb 19, 2019, Dr. Amorn pleaded no contest in Youngstown Municipal Court to a minor misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct amended from the more serious charge of aggravated menacing. A charge of resisting arrest was dismissed. On March, 25, 2019, Dr. Amorn pleaded guilty in Mahoning County Court to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct amended from an earlier charge of domestic violence. The aggravated menacing charge was dismissed.

Additional Editor's Note:  In November 2021, Allen Amorn asked that the records of this case be sealed and expunged. Under Ohio law, judges can grant expungement in certain types of cases if they deem the defendant to be "rehabilitated to the satisfaction of the court."  Amorn's case was deemed to have met that standard and expungement was granted. That means that from a legal standpoint, the expunged offenses are deemed never to have occurred. 

Below story was first posted on January 3, 2019

A cardiologist from Canfield faces several charges following his arrest for allegedly threatening the lives of his wife and children.

Dr. Allen Amorn, 39, is charged with domestic violence, aggravated menacing, and resisting arrest.

According to a report from the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, Amorn's 38-year-old wife contacted a deputy two days after Christmas saying that Dr. Amorn had sent several texts to her stating he wanted to harm himself, her, and their children.

Amorn's wife, who is also a physician, said her husband suggested that she take the children and leave because if members of his family were home, he was going to shoot them all when he got back from work at St. Elizabeth-Mercy Health in Youngstown.

The report says that Dr. Amorn sent text messages saying he already had a knife but was going to buy a gun that night and kill her and their three children.

During the text messages, Dr. Amorn said he did not need mental health help in spite of sending other messages saying he felt “dead” and “broken”, according to the report.

In her written statement, Amorn's wife said that her husband also threatened another woman and members of her family.

That same night, Mercy Health Police say Dr. Amorn pulled a knife on him when they approached him at the hospital.

According to a criminal complaint, two officers fired their Tasers at the doctor, who fell to the floor.

Hospital police say Amorn struggled as he was being handcuffed.

Police took Amorn into what they describe as protective custody.

Dr. Amorn, who was booked into the Mahoning County Jail on Wednesday, is scheduled to appear in Canfield Court on Friday to answer the charges of domestic violence and aggravated menacing.

Amorn already entered pleas of “not guilty” to the charges of menacing and resisting arrest filed in Youngstown Municipal Court. He's scheduled to be back in muni court in February.

According to state records, Amorn has had a medical license since 2017.