A pediatrician who worked at Stanford Health’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto was arrested after Redwood City police alleged he tried to arrange a meeting with someone he believed was an underage girl.
According to police, the doctor, identified in the arrest report as 33 year old Dylan, was arrested on suspicion of traveling to meet an underage girl for sexual purposes and sending harmful material to a juvenile. Both are felony offenses.
Police said the investigation began after a tip from the San Jose Internet Crimes Against Children unit. Investigators said officers posed as an underage girl online and allegedly found photographs of a pornographic nature that he sent. Police said that when Dylan arrived at the arranged location, he was arrested without incident.
Police said a search warrant was later served at his home, and electronic devices were seized in an effort to identify other possible victims.
NBC Bay Area station KNTV reported that the hospital said in a statement, “These are serious criminal charges, which we understand are still under investigation by law enforcement, so we are unable to comment further at this time.” Stanford placed him on administrative leave and relieved him of his duties.
Dylan could not be reached for comment, and no plea had been reported at the time of this story. An arrest is not a conviction, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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