Allegedly drunken surgeon arrested in operating room

The top neurosurgeon at Highland Hospital has been suspended and may be charged with a misdemeanor after what authorities called a drunken altercation with sheriff"s deputies in an operating room, officials said Thursday.

Deputies believe Dr. Federico Castro-Moure, 45, was intoxicated during the scuffle and prosecutors may charge him with public drunkenness and interfering with a peace officer.

"The deputies felt that he was behaving in an aggressive manner," Alameda County Sheriff"s Capt. William Eskridge said. "He was yelling and put a fist in the face of a deputy in a threatening manner."

Neither Castro-Moure nor his attorney could be reached for comment.

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