St. Pete palliative care physician charged with sexually exploiting kids

Dr. Stephen Andrew Leedy has worked in Tampa Bay and Sarasota.

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A St. Petersburg palliative care doctor who has overseen medical services for at least two hospice organizations in the region has been indicted and arrested on three counts of production of child sexual abuse material and two counts of coercing or enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. 

 

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