He wasn’t exactly Doogie Howser, M.D., according to police.
An 18-year-old Florida man is accused of posing as a licensed doctor, going as far as opening his own West Palm Beach offices — calling it the New Birth New Life Medical Center & Urgent Care, with a website and all — in order to solicit patients, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
As part of an undercover operation, authorities said, an agent posed as a patient at the clinic to seek advice from the alleged doctor, young Malachi A. Love-Robinson.
The teenager then performed a physical exam and offered his supposed…
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