Tennessee’s head medical examiner arrested in Mississippi on marijuana charge

Tenn., Miss. med examiner arrested on drug charge

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say the head medical examiner in Tennessee has been arrested in Mississippi and charged with felony marijuana possession.

Authorities said Wednesday that Dr. Bruce Levy was arrested after investigators found a package of pot with his name on it and more of the drug at his hotel room in central Mississippi, where the 49-year-old Levy also does coroner’s work.

Both states say they are suspending contracts with his businesses.

Levy has been chief medical examiner in Tennessee since 1998 and his office did the autopsy on ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair, concluding that he likely was a victim of murder-suicide.

Calls to Levy’s Nashville office weren’t returned and a reporter could not get to his home in a gated community.