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'Dr. David' Arrested While Awaiting Trial

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By VALERIE KALFRIN

The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 3, 2008

TAMPA - A man awaiting trial on charges that he impersonated a doctor is in trouble again and might have victimized others, police say.

Anthony James David, 31, of Spring Hill, advised his girlfriend against taking two prescribed antibiotics, to her detriment, investigators said Monday. He then gave her a prescription drug to treat her ailment.

David has no medical license in Florida, "or anywhere else we can find," Tampa police narcotics Capt. Hugh Miller said.

"We suspect very highly ... that there may be other victims out there," Miller said. "This is a predator. ... He dispenses prescriptions that could be contra to the health of the individual."

Miller asked anyone who has had contact with David in a medical capacity to call the narcotics bureau at (813) 276-3606.

David was held without bail Monday at Hernando County Jail. He is charged with felony unlicensed practice of medicine and delivery of a controlled substance.

David, who calls himself "Dr. David," is scheduled for trial July 21 on charges including three felony counts of unlicensed practice of medicine, two felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of intending to sell drugs without a prescription, court records show.

David's public defender, Dana Herce-Fulgueira, said Monday that she was unaware of the new charges and declined to comment.

A call to David's parents in Spring Hill was not returned.

According to court papers, the cases to be tried in July involve the following complaints: that David examined the knee of a Tampa General Hospital security officer; advised a woman at an orthopedic office not to take prescribed medication; ordered a brace through the same office for a male pharmaceutical-sales representative; and gave the sales representative samples of birth-control pills for his wife.

David also racked up $2,900 in unpaid parking fees at Tampa General Hospital after fraudulently acquiring a doctor's parking pass, court papers say.

Arrested in October wearing Tampa General Hospital scrubs, David pleaded not guilty to all charges in November.

He was released on $104,000 surety bond and ordered to stay away from hospitals and doctors' offices "unless for emergency purposes," court records state.

Court papers say David has completed training as a surgical technician at Pasco-Hernando Community College and has "worked steadily as a surgical technician since 1996." The papers do not list his employment.

According to the state Department of Health, surgical technicians are nonlicensed personnel employed by hospitals to handle instruments, sterile bandages and other equipment. They are required to work under a licensed physician's immediate supervision.

Miller said David used an online dating service after his release from jail. In January, he began dating Courtney Clark, 31, the assistant principal of Mabry Elementary School, a criminal report affidavit states. She declined to speak to The Tampa Tribune.

Police said David told the woman he was an orthopedic physician's assistant. In May, he advised her against taking two antibiotics prescribed by her physician, then provided her with medication once her condition worsened, the affidavit states.

David is on probation in Hernando County for convictions in 2005 and in 2006 on charges of organized fraud and grand theft, Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show.

Reporter Valerie Kalfrin can be reached at (813) 259-7800 or vkalfrin@tampatrib.com.

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