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Doctor Accused Of Using MySpace To Prey On Teen Boy

A doctor who practices at Grady Hospital is behind bars accused of using the internet to prey on a 15-year-old boy. Coweta County detectives say 47-year-old Dr. Adam Lebowitz was caught at the boy’s house with condoms and lubricants.

Dr. Lebowitz faces attempted aggravated child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. Detectives say the doctor, who is a resident at Emory’s School of Medicine and rotates through Grady Hospital, knew the boy’s age and still tried to have sex with him.

“I can’t imagine somebody not only with that status in our society and with that much education would be that dumb,” says Sgt. Beth Suber of the Coweta County Sheriff’s Department.

Coweta County detectives say right after his shift at Grady Hospital – 47-year-old Dr. Adam Lebowitz drove to a 15-year-old boy’s home and they say condoms and lubricants they found in his truck offer a hint at what the doctor had planned for the boy.

“Unfortunately, his intentions, I believe, were to have sex with the child,” says Sgt. Suber.

Detectives say this all began when the doctor noticed the boy’s athletic pictures on a MySpace social networking account.

Deputies say Lebowitz messaged the boy that he liked the photos and detectives say the doctor soon after began talking about his private parts to the boy.

“He talked about what he wanted to experience with the boy, what he would help him experiment with and experiment doing,” Sgt. Suber.

The boy told his mother who told sheriff’s deputies.

Investigators listened in as the doctor set up a rendezvous at the boy’s house, and when the doctor arrived at the boy’s home, officers were there to arrest him.

Channel 2 asked detectives if they were sure the doctor knew the boy’s age. They say they have telephone recordings of the boy telling Lebowitz he is 15.

“And he said, ‘Well, I never messed with anyone that’s underage. I don’t want to get arrested but you seem nice enough and I trust that you won’t say anything,” says Sgt. Suber.

Of course, we haven’t heard the doctor’s side of this story and he is presumed innocent at this point.

The boy’s mother told us she’s glad her son told her what happened and she wants the doctor’s picture out so everyone can see him.

Emory University issued a statement saying Lebowitz has been placed on leave pending an investigation.

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