Los Angeles Doctor Arrested for Sex Crimes

(Los Angeles, California) A 37-year-old prominent local doctor, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown, was arrested earlier this month for allegedly molesting eight patients, including a 15-year-old.

Dr. Brown, a U.S. citizen, is the son of Bermudan Premier Ewart Brown.

Brown was arrested July 8 at his home a few miles west of downtown Los Angeles. He initially was charged with sexual battery and exploiting his position as a doctor in incidents involving a female patient and a female undercover police officer posing as a patient.

Brown quickly posted $50,000 bail, but investigators were just getting started. The Los Angeles Police Department appealed for other potential victims to come forward.

Six more accusers did, and Brown was arrested again Monday. He was charged with 19 felony counts, including a lewd act on a 15-year-old child, rape, sexual battery by fraud and sexual exploitation.

Bail was set at $4 million after prosecutors argued Brown was a flight risk to Bermuda, in the Atlantic, or perhaps an island in the Caribbean.

The charges against Brown go back to 2006 but investigators are researching allegations going back 10 years to Brown's residency at Martin Luther King Jr. Drew Medical Center.