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After his arrest, hospital officials said they revoked his privileges and state records show he later surrendered his medical license.<\/p>\n<p>BSO detectives said an online tip from Yahoo revealed that Rerko emailed himself 122 files of child sexual abuse material and 117 files described as \u201cchild erotica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1275\">Man accused of leaving girl, 5, in hot car for nearly an hour in Coconut Creek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said at the bottom of every email was a signature, \u201cDavid Rerko, MD,\u201d and said the photos and videos depicted girls between the ages of 8 and 13.<\/p>\n<p>Broward court records show his attorneys asked for a downward departure in his sentencing in March, stating that Rerko suffers from an unspecified \u201cmental disorder\u201d and said the former physician committed the offense in an \u201cunsophisticated manner\u201d and was an \u201cisolated incident\u201d for which he has \u201cshown remorse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1273\">Crews recover the remains of 6 of the 9 workers missing after Washington chemical tank rupture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Documents show he\u2019s set to be sentenced on July 8.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former anesthesiologist pleaded no contest Wednesday to multiple charges after authorities said he sent himself photos and videos of children being sexually abused, court documents show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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