Port St. Lucie Police Department

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Port St. Lucie police today announced the arrest of a Michigan family medicine doctor accused of soliciting a parent to allow sexual activity with their child.

Police Chief Leo Niemczyk said on Wednesday that Dr. William J. Murdoch, 45, was arrested as part of an undercover investigation by the Port St. Lucie Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.

WATCH: Chief Leo Niemczyk speaks about the arrest of William J. Murdoch Port St. Lucie police announce arrest of Michigan doctor in child sex case

Murdoch was arrested Tuesday by a United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Monroe, Michigan.

The doctor is accused of communicating online with a person he believed was the

See Full Page