YOUNGSTOWN, 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.

Additonal 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. 

The below story was posted on February 7, 2019

A cardiologist from Canfield who was previously ordered to have no contact with family members he allegedly threatened, is no longer employed at Mercy Health. 

Dr. Allen Amorn, 39, is due back in court on Friday for a hearing on a motion to allow him back into his family home. 

Amorn previously pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic violence and aggravated menacing during his appearance in county court in Canfield.

Officials from Mercy Health say he is no longer employed by the health care system and is not treating Mercy health patients. 

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 handcuffed.

Police took Amorn into what they describe as protective custody.