Dentist Accused Of Dumping Medical Waste To Stand Trial

A dentist from Montgomery County, accused of dumping medical waste in the Jersey shore, has lost his bid to avoid trial. Today a judge rejected Thomas McFarland Junior's request to be accepted into a pretrial intervention program. That would have spared him jail time.

McFarland's attorney says his client was depressed and suffering from mental illness because his wife had cancer. But prosecutors say the need to assure the public that New Jersey beaches are safe outweighs McFarland's personal matters.