{"id":5422,"date":"2014-08-07T22:03:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T05:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422"},"modified":"2014-08-07T22:03:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T05:03:53","slug":"former-doctor-sentenced-nearly-six-years-trading-drugs-sex-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422","title":{"rendered":"Former Doctor Sentenced to Nearly Six Years for Trading Drugs for Sex and Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DEA<\/a>ILLINOIS –<\/strong> A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs in exchange for sex and cash.<\/p>\n

The defendant, Joshua D. Baron,<\/strong> a pediatric neurologist, plead guilty in March, admitting that he provided about 149 prescriptions for controlled substance medications, totaling thousands of doses, to 16 individuals in exchange for sex between 2006 and 2011.<\/p>\n

These individuals were never patients of Baron, they never visited his office as a patient, and he never asked them about medical issues, took their medical history, conducted an examination, or attempted to diagnose them, officials said.<\/p>\n

Baron, 40, of Forest Park, was ordered to begin serving his sentence on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n

Between late 2006 and early 2011, officials said Baron dispensed prescriptions for controlled substances to individuals outside of the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.<\/p>\n

He posted at least 78 advertisements offering to trade various prescription drugs, including Adderall, Norco, Percocet, Xanax, Vicodin, Ativan, Ritalin, Darvocet, OxyContin, and Klonopin, on an online website.<\/p>\n

All of the ads were placed through one of three email addresses he used under the sections, \u201cMen Who Would Pay\u201d and \u201cCasual Encounters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through these prescriptions, authorities said Baron traded thousands of doses of various medications to 16 individuals, mostly for sexual favors and, in some instances, cash.<\/p>\n

Baron was initially charged by the state in January 2011 after an undercover investigation by the Wilmette Police Department.<\/p>\n

He was charged federally in October 2011 following a broader investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n

Baron was licensed in Illinois in May 2006 and, until January 2011, treated patients at Rush University Medical Center, John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County, and St. Anthony\u2019s Hospital, all in Chicago.<\/p>\n

He voluntarily surrendered his medical license and his DEA registration in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ILLINOIS – A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs in exchange for sex and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[755,757,754,756],"class_list":["post-5422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago","tag-joshua-baron","tag-physician","tag-prescription-drugs"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Doctor Sentenced for Nearly Six Years For trading Sex for Drugs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ILLINOIS - A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Doctor Sentenced for Nearly Six Years For trading Sex for Drugs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ILLINOIS - A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-08T05:03:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"Former Doctor Sentenced to Nearly Six Years for Trading Drugs for Sex and Cash\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-08T05:03:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chicago\",\"Joshua Baron\",\"Physician\",\"Prescription Drugs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"American Justice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422\",\"name\":\"Former Doctor Sentenced for Nearly Six Years For trading Sex for Drugs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-08T05:03:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"ILLINOIS - A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=5422#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/DEA-Image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/DEA-Image.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":802},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"description\":\""Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." \u2014 Thomas Jefferson\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"American Justice Notebook\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\",\"name\":\"Raul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raul\"},\"description\":\"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Doctor Sentenced for Nearly Six Years For trading Sex for Drugs","description":"ILLINOIS - A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Doctor Sentenced for Nearly Six Years For trading Sex for Drugs","og_description":"ILLINOIS - A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally","og_url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422","og_site_name":"American Justice Notebook","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook","article_published_time":"2014-08-08T05:03:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Raul","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raul","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422"},"author":{"name":"Raul","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0"},"headline":"Former Doctor Sentenced to Nearly Six Years for Trading Drugs for Sex and Cash","datePublished":"2014-08-08T05:03:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422"},"wordCount":332,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg","keywords":["Chicago","Joshua Baron","Physician","Prescription Drugs"],"articleSection":["American Justice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422","name":"Former Doctor Sentenced for Nearly Six Years For trading Sex for Drugs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg","datePublished":"2014-08-08T05:03:53+00:00","description":"ILLINOIS - A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5422#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DEA-Image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DEA-Image.jpg","width":800,"height":802},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","name":"American Justice Notebook","description":""Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." \u2014 Thomas Jefferson","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization","name":"American Justice Notebook","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","width":675,"height":231,"caption":"American Justice Notebook"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0","name":"Raul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Raul"},"description":"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5427,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5422\/revisions\/5427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}