NYC Doctor Caught Smoking Crystal Meth In Car: Police

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A New York University doctor was arrested Sunday for smoking what appeared to be crystal meth, Nassau County police said.

Officers saw Thomas Boes, 42, in Westbury, New York sitting in his car holding a glass pipe to his mouth Sunday about 3:30 pm., Nassau police said. Officers approached Boes, who then tried to hide the pipe and an orange pill bottle that appeared to have contained crystal meth, Nassau police said.

Officers found several drugs in Boes' possession, police said, which include:

• 228 white round pills believed to be methadone hydrochloride
• 31 small round white pills believed zolpiderm tartrate
• 29 orange oval pills believed to be amphetamine and dextroamphetamine
• 18 round orange pills believed to be dextroamphetamine
• 11 yellow plastic capsule pills believed to be temazepam
• 8 green rectangular pills believed to be Xanax
• 6 round white pills believed to be zolpiderm tartrate
• 2 clear packages containing patches believed to be fentanyl transdermal system

Boes is a specialist at New York University Langone in adult psychiatry and neurology at the hospital's Robert Tisch Center for Men's Health, located at 555 Madison Ave. between 55th and 56th streets.

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NYU Langone spokeswoman Kate Malenczak said by email, "In view of the allegations made against Dr. Thomas Boes, he has been suspended without pay and we will be following the legal proceedings."

Boes was charged with 10 counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was scheduled for arraignment Monday in Hempstead, New York.

Patch reporter Alex Costello contributed to this report.