"Dr. Mark Hoffman, 71, was arrested Thursday after a 48-year-old patient accused him of making unwanted sexual contact while the two were alone in an exam room during a spring appointment at an oncology clinic, according to police. Hoffman was taken into custody on March 5 and is charged with second-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching."
"Investigators say the encounter happened on May 9, 2025, inside an Optum hematology-oncology office in the New Hyde Park/Lake Success medical corridor. No nurse or chaperone was in the room at the time of the alleged contact, detectives said. Court documents list forcible touching and second-degree sexual abuse among the counts Hoffman now faces."
"The arrest came roughly ten months after the office visit at the center of the case and followed a probe by the county's Special Victims Squad. Hoffman, identified in reports as a Roslyn resident, was taken into custody without incident and was scheduled for arraignment the same day in Nassau County First District Court in Hempstead."
Dr. Mark Hoffman, a 71-year-old oncologist, was arrested on March 5 and charged with second-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching. The alleged incident occurred on May 9, 2025, at an Optum hematology-oncology office in New Hyde Park/Lake Success during a routine appointment with a 48-year-old patient. According to detectives, no nurse or chaperone was present in the exam room during the alleged unwanted sexual contact. The arrest followed a ten-month investigation by Nassau County's Special Victims Squad. Hoffman, a Roslyn resident, was taken into custody without incident and scheduled for arraignment in Nassau County First District Court in Hempstead.
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