Doctor gets probation in medicinal cocaine theft

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PHOENIX (AP) — A plastic surgeon who acknowledged stealing medicinal cocaine from a Scottsdale surgery center was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for his theft and drug convictions.

Dr. Paul Kenneth Holden stole five vials of the drug in the middle of the night July 10 from a surgery center that shares a building with his medical office, authorities said.

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