Huntersville Doctor Charged In Child-Porn Case Expected To Plead Guilty

HUNTERSVILLE, NC -- Huntersville hematologist-oncologist Dr. David Shope is expected to plead guilty to the charge of sharing explicit child pornography, according to a report.

Shope, 43, who was arrested in 2015 during an undercover sting when he distributed explicit videos and photographs of children under the age of 12 to authorities, is scheduled for a plea hearing in federal court July 13, The Charlotte Observer reported. Court documents show he shared videos with an undercover Charlotte-Mecklenburg detectives of children as young as 3-years-old engaged in sexual activity with other children and adults.

He faces up to 20 years in prison. (Sign up for our free daily newsletters and Breaking News Alerts for the Huntersville Patch. iPhone users can download the Patch app in the App Store. Plus, like Huntersville Patch on Facebook.)

At the time of his arrest, Shope was a staff member of Southern Oncology Specialists, the newspaper said.

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