Cops: Convicted Doctor Impersonator at it Again

A man who posed as a doctor was arrested while he was on probation.

A Putnam man who served prison time for impersonating a doctor and performing sexual experiments on women has been arrested a second time during his probation for allegedly posing as a physician.

The Connecticut Post reports that Barry Lichtenthal, 67, pleaded not guilty to violating probation on Thursday in Bridgeport Superior Court. He and his lawyer declined to comment.

Lichtenthal was sentenced to five years in prison in 2004 for posing as a doctor at his ex-wife's psychiatric practice in Bridgeport and performing bizarre sexual experiments on women.

He was sent back to jail for 30 days last year for claiming to be a doctor during a phone call to a Mansfield gynecologist's office.

In December, authorities said he impersonated a doctor at a bone and joint center in Putnam.

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