Doctor accused of sexual assault to stand trial

MURRIETA - A doctor accused of sexually assaulting three patients during surgical procedures at a Temecula hospital must stand trial on more than 30 felony charges, a judge ruled today.

John Francis McGuire, 45, of Carlsbad was arrested last August following an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

After a five-hour preliminary hearing today at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, Superior Court Judge John Monterosso found there was sufficient evidence to warrant a trial for McGuire on 34 felony counts, including sexual assault of an unconscious and restrained person...