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Last updated on Wednesday, July 25, 2018
(PERU) - A doctor accused of trading pills for sex has pleaded guilty to the crime and his license to practice medicine has been suspended.
The state's Medical Licensing Board revoked the license of 70-year-old Dr. Tristan Stonger.
Stonger, who lives near Bunker Hill, operated Pain Management Centers of Indiana, which had offices in Peru, Bloomington and Indianapolis.
He was arrested in January after a three-year investigation by agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, who spent months surveilling Stonger's Peru clinic, located at 1 South Broadway Street.
Agents also identified two patients who died from overdoses after Stonger refilled their prescriptions.
Stonger was facing 55 felony charges in connection to operating a "pill mill." He pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic drug, two counts of issuing an invalid prescription for legend drugs, insurance fraud and Medicaid fraud.
He will serve more than 10 years of probation but no jail time. The agreement also prohibits Stonger from applying for any medical license in Indiana, or any license or permit from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Stonger also faces charges in Indianapolis and Bloomington.. Prosecutors involved in those two cases have agreed any additional convictions in their cases would not add time to his sentence.
He still faces a lawsuit filed in Monroe County.
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