USA: Long Island dentists exchanged painkillers for sexual favors | Nationwide

New York (AP) — A text message suggesting that a Long Island dentist suspected of exchanging painkillers for sexual favors would give a woman a percoset prescription if she wanted to “hang out” the night before being charged this week. Was being sent. The party is a bit, “said the federal prosecutor on Thursday.

Barry Arnold, 70, of Williston Park, NY, said 28 cases of controlled substance distribution for abusing prescribing privileges in a four-year plan to supply women with oxycodone, percoset, and Xanax in exchange for sexual activity. Have been charged with.

Arnold, who was charged on Tuesday and arrested on Wednesday, was scheduled to be charged in federal court in Central Islip Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors are calling for his detention, arguing that he is dangerous to society and that the possibility of long-term imprisonment could cause him to flee the country.

According to a federal prosecutor, Arnold did not work with authorities during the processing of the arrest warrant and provided a thumbprint to unlock the iPhone, even though the search warrant required him to provide biometric data. Rejected.

Deputy US Attorney General Jacklin Kasulis said Arnold’s crime was an abdication of his professional oath. Homeland Security Special Agent Peter Fitz-Hugh said the dentist’s alleged behavior was “actually no different than a street dealer.”

A message asking for comment was left to Arnold’s lawyer.

Arnold was first licensed for practice in New York in 1975, but remained listed as a registered dentist in the state’s licensed database on Thursday. His name was not on the record of illegal activity.

A message asking for comment was left in the state authorization body.

According to prosecutors, Arnold repeatedly prescribes at least six different women from October 2016 to August 2020, often meeting at Linbrook and Valleystream dental clinics hours later. ..

The woman was not Arnold’s dental patient, and the prescription was not for legal medical purposes, the prosecutor said.

Prosecutors said Arnold engaged in sexual intercourse with women as a payment, went to pharmacies on several occasions, collected kickbacks in the form of pills, and distributed them individually to women. Arnold also bought and used crack cocaine with some women, prosecutors said.

On Monday, Arnold exchanged text messages with someone who believed he was one of the women, asked if she “hangs out” and “wants to have a little party,” and “give you a perc script. It may be possible, “said the prosecutor.

Arnold then sent a text message saying he could bring in friends who “like the party,” the prosecutor said.

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