Del. doctor indicted in serial child abuse scandal

DOVER, Del. - February 23, 2010 -- Prosecutors expect to add more counts to a lengthy indictment against a Delaware pediatrician charged with serial molestation of 103 children.

A grand jury returned a 160-page indictment Monday against Dr. Earl Bradley of Lewes with 471 counts of sexual crimes. Investigators are urging other former patients and parents to come forward.

The case has shocked the close-knit coastal community of Lewes and the central Delaware town of Milford, where Bradley closed an office in 2005 after police investigated him.

Bradley's attorney, Eugene Maurer, said he would seek to move the trial out of Sussex County. He said the "real battleground" in the case will be Bradley's mental state.

Bradley is being held with bail set at $2.9 million.

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