San Francisco dentist accused of trafficking medical marijuana across state lines

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --

A San Francisco dentist is accused of an interstate pot operation.

Jerome Weitz, D.D.S., runs a dental practice in the city's Mission District. Prosecutors say he was trafficking marijuana from San Francisco all the way to New York.

No one, including the dentists who work at the office, told ABC7 News they had any idea the man who cuts their checks is behind bars. They also didn't know their boss' son got arrested for illegally selling medical marijuana earlier this year. Prosecutors are saying this is a case of like father, like son.

On his YouTube page Jerome Weitz is the friendly dentist his patients have known for 30 years at his Mission Street business.

"He's very open, I can have very honest conversations with him," said dentist Cecilia Cardenas, D.D.S.

New York prosecutors say the upstanding man his employees describe had...

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