An East Valley dentist faces criminal charges for allegedly failing to notify authorities after one of his assistants was accused of sexually abusing a young girl during an exam, authorities announced Wednesday.
Dr. Walter Villanueva was indicted last month as part of the investigation into dental assistant Deion Garcia, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Garcia is being prosecuted for sexually abusing patients at Villanueva’s pediatric dental practice in Chandler…