An Army doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash, was charged this week in up to 23 incidents of sexual assault and indecent conduct, Army officials at the base said Thursday.
Maj. Michael Stockin, 37, an anesthesiologist at Madigan Army Medical Center at the installation, was formally charged Tuesday, according to Lt. Col. Jennifer Bocanegra, a JBLM spokeswoman.
"The general nature of the charges include abusive sexual contact and indecent viewing in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice," she said.
The charges cap 18 months since Stockin was ordered to cease contact with patients in February 2022.
Bocanegra declined to release the charge sheet against Stockin or whether all the allegations were related to his time at JBLM. She did say Stockin has not been arrested and he is performing administrative duties. However, the Army does not provide details about ongoing investigations, she said.
"The charges will now be reviewed for legal sufficiency by an independent officer at a pretrial preliminary hearing pursuant to federal law," Bocanegra said.
"Charges are merely accusations, and the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty."
She did not have a timeline for when a decision on the charges would be announced.
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