Jay J. Cho, 71, Pennsylvania doctor has been arrest
Tuesday on a slew of charges including rape and aggravated indecent assault. He
is accused of getting a dozen female patients hooked on prescription drugs
before using their addictions to sexually assault them.
Police say he unnecessarily doled out strong narcotics
such as Oxycodone to the women for as many as five years out of his Cumberland
and Franklin County offices.
"The vast majority of the patients were afraid that
he would not see them as patients anymore if they rejected his sexual
advances," Upper Allen Township said in a release. "The manner in
which Cho interacted with these patients was clearly outside the normal doctor
and patient relationship."
Upper Allen Township Police Chief James Adams, in his own
statement, further slammed the doctor for him "creating addicts and/or
taking advantage of people with addictions for his own personal and perverted
desires."
That sentiment was echoed by Hampden Township Police
Chief Steven R. Junkin.
"A doctor who peddles drugs to addicts and then uses
the control of the drugs to profit and further victimize the patient,
transitions from practitioner to predator," he said. "There is no room
in society for these predators and today, with endless hours, exhausting
interviews, old fashioned hard work and interagency cooperation, we've
hopefully removed this predator's ability to ruin more lives."
According to the
source, a sexual assault claim was filed by a patient in 2010Ch but never followed through
by police ,but in May of 2014 an
investigation into Cho was re-launched after another female patient accused him
of sexual assault.
Cho turned himself in to police Tuesday following the
issue of a warrant for his arrest for charges of rape, aggravated indecent
assault, drug delivery by a practitioner, criminal use of a communication
facility, indecent assault, possession of a controlled substance and
harassment.
He's being held on $375,000 bail.
Anyone else who believes they may have information
related to the case is urged to contact the Upper Allen Township Police
Department.
Source:NYDN
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