Indio chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting patients

Published: 2009-04-11 19:42:40
Author: The Desert Sun, February 18, 2009

A chiropractor who practices in Indio was arrested today on suspicion of sexually assaulting patients while performing medical examinations, authorities said.

Stuart Greenwood, 58, of Apple Valley, was arrested without incident at 9:15 a.m. at his office, 81-557 Doctor Carreon Blvd., said Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron.

Greenwood is detained in lieu of $100,000 bail, with arraignment expected on Friday.

His arrest followed an investigation by Indio police and the California State Board of Chiropractic Examiners into four reports of sexual assaults allegedly committed by Greenwood, Guitron said.

According to a declaration filed in court, which supports the arrest warrant, the alleged assaults date from June 2006 to April 2008, when women claimed Greenwood touched them inappropriately.

Indio police Detective Eric Longoria, who prepared the declaration, said the first alleged victim reported she saw Greenwood on June 7, 2006 at his Indio office for a neck injury.

Greenwood allegedly told the woman she may “have another problem aside from the neck injury, and walked outside of the room, as if seeing if anybody was watching.”

He then allegedly touched her inappropriately, but she stopped him and asked what he was doing, Longoria wrote.

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