Doctor Gives Drugs in Exchange for Sex

Dr. Mark Davis said very little as he stood in Judge Andrew Logan's Trumbull County Common Pleas Courtroom Tuesday to face two counts of trafficking in drugs.  His guilty plea was about all the long time family physician had to say, but prosecutors offered much more.

According to an affidavit filed with the court, the State Board of Pharmacy has been investigating Davis for the last five years.  The affidavit says former patients and members of his office staff, told agents they had sex with the doctor in exchange for prescriptions.  The affidavit also states that agents had one informant bring in a video tape recorder into Davis's office to record one exchange.