Doctor in New Jersey charged with sexually assaulting patient

GLEN ROCK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey doctor has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a patient.

Prosecutors say that on June 3, Hasbrouck Heights police received information that Dr. Carl Renner, 67, had sexually assaulted a patient at his medical practice during a routine doctor visit.

Reiner was arrested after an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Hasbrouck Heights Police Department.

He was charged with 2nd-degree sexual assault and taken to the Bergen County Jail pending a court appearance.

Renner, of Glen Rock, is a general practitioner at Heights Medical Associates.

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