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The Marin Independant are reporting: Marin doctor jailed in child molestation case
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Alan Ager, shown in 1997, was placed on suicide watch at the county jail after being accused of molesting a child. (IJ archive)A Nicasio physician who waged a long legal war with Marin authorities over marijuana cultivation was back in jail Thursday on allegations of child molestation.
Alan Lawrence Ager, a retired podiatrist, was taken into custody by sheriff's investigators without incident Thursday at his Nicasio home, sheriff's Sgt. Mike Crain said. Ager, 59, was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of continuous sexual abuse on a child and lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14.
Ager was scheduled for arraignment today in Marin County Superior Court.
Crain said the allegations of abuse were reported to authorities recently and that Thursday investigators had probable cause to make the arrest. Sheriff's officials released few details about the case and where the alleged conduct occurred, but said there were numerous incidents and that Ager is not related to the child.
"It's still early in the investigation," Crain said. "It's safe to say this wasn't a one-time incident."
Ager's bail amount was increased to $1 million to ensure the safety of the alleged victim, he said.
Ager was unavailable for comment Thursday night at the county jail, where a staff member said Ager had been placed on suicide watch.
For Ager, the case is the latest of many legal battles with county law enforcement.
In 1999, he was sentenced to a year in jail for growing hundreds of marijuana plants he said were for patients in need of medical pot. His son Daniel, then 22, also was sentenced to six months in jail for selling marijuana cultivated by his father to an undercover police informant.
The case, which dated to 1996, included two task force raids on Ager's property, a mistrial, a bid by Ager to withdraw his guilty pleas, claims by Ager that sheriff's deputies assaulted him in jail, and a legal battle over whether a jail videotape of the alleged incident could be shown in court.
In sentencing Ager, Marin Superior Court Judge John Sutro ruled he should be able to possess up to an ounce of marijuana at any time during his five years of probation. The ruling marked an overt acknowledgment by the court that Ager qualifies under the state's medical marijuana law to use marijuana to deal with chronic pain he suffered as the result of a car accident several years before.
Ager is a former director of the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana.
The latest from the Marin Independant Retired Nicasio doctor delays plea in child molestation charge
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A retired Nicasio podiatrist appeared in court on child molestation allegations Monday, but delayed entering a plea because he does not have legal representation.
Alan Lawrence Ager, 59, has asked for representation by the county public defender's office, which has not determined whether he is eligible for its services.
Ager was charged Friday with three felony counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 for a period beginning in Oct. 1, 2005 and continuing to Dec. 25, 2006, when a report was made to police and an investigation was opened.
Ager, who lives in a hillside home overlooking the San Geronimo Golf Course, waged a long legal war with Marin authorities over marijuana cultivation in the 1990s and has six prior convictions. Five of those included growing, selling or transporting an illegal substance.
Ager was scheduled to return to court today. He is in custody at Marin County Jail on $1 million bail.
The Marin Independent is reporting: A retired Nicasio podiatrist who repeatedly molested a 5-year-old boy was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in state prison.
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Alan Lawrence Ager, 60, received the maximum sentence in a hearing before Marin Superior Court Judge Kelly Simmons. Prosecutors sought the full 16-year term, said Deputy District Attorney Dorothy Proudfoot.
Neither the boy, now 8, nor his parents were present for the sentencing.
Ager was arrested in January 2007 on allegations he inappropriately touched a boy on at least 30 occasions between October 2005 and December 2006.
The sheriff's office was notified by the boy's mother, who said she walked into a bedroom on Ager's property on Christmas Day 2006 and saw him with his pants down and Ager beside him, police said.
The woman told police that Ager admitted to her that he touched her son, apologized and urged her not to file a police report, police said....
Podiatrist jailed in child molestation case
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