Crime & Safety
Gynecologist's License Suspended For Sex Crimes Against Teen
Robert Holland was court-martialed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in April 2018 following the initial criminal complaint.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA - The Washington Department of Health on Thursday formally restricted the medical license of obstetrician-gynecologist Robert Henry Beckham Holland for sex crimes against a 16-year-old girl.
Holland, who was previously the medical director at Franciscan Women's Health Clinics in Tacoma, was reportedly court-martialed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in April 2018 for "carnal knowledge-sexual intercourse with a female under the age of 16" and "indecent acts upon the body of a female under the age of 16."
Holland, 57, is reportedly being held at a military prison facility, though JBLM officials were not at liberty to disclose which one. Officials did, however, indicate Holland's 2018 conviction came with a 15-month sentence.
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Holland was reportedly retired from active duty military service when he was court-martialed.
Holland had been practicing medicine since 1999. He has 20 days to respond to the Department of Health's suspension notice.
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