Doctor accused of sexual assault of patient during exam in Little Ferry
Richard B. Tancer, 68, was arrested in Montville on two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact after an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Little Ferry Police Department, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a statement.
The investigation began after Little Ferry police contacted the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit on July 18 regarding an alleged sexual assault that had occurred earlier that day at the Family Medical Group in Little Ferry. Authorities said Tancer, a physician at the clinic, sexually assaulted an adult female patient while performing an examination.
Tancer was taken to Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Superior Court in Hackensack.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to call the prosecutor's tips line at 201-226-5532.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Montville doctor accused of sexual assault of patient in Little Ferry
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