Dr. Frantz Charles

Dr. Frantz Charles, 61, of Sparta was arrested on Dec. 29 at around 2:30 p.m. after the Sparta Police Department received a complaint filed by the victim, a a female employee at the Sparta Community Hospital

Sparta Police Chief Tom Ashley said the complaint cited "touching of an assaulting nature" and allegations that Charles kept the woman from leaving the room in which the assault allegedly occurred.
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Charles posted bond and was released from the Randolph County Jail.

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Dr. Frantz Charles, 61, Sparta, will appear in Randolph County Circuit Court in Chester on Class 4 felony counts of criminal sexual abuse and unlawful restraint, as well as a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery.

A female employee who works part-time at Sparta Community Hospital alleges that Charles pulled her into a men's locker room at the hospital, forced her against a wall and inappropriately touched her.

The doctor denies the charges, saying he had not seen the woman for several months and was simply trying to give her a hug.

Sparta police officers arrested Charles at the hospital on Dec. 29, taking him to Randolph County Jail.Charles posted $1,000 bond and was released.

Sparta Community Hospital administrators say that Charles will not see patients while the hospital conducts an investigation into the employee's complaint against the doctor.

Charles is a general surgeon at the hospital, with over 17 years' experience.

Randolph County Assistant State's Attorney James Kelley is handling the case against Charles.

Dr. Frantz Charles, Surgeon

*Closed Thursday, although Dr. Charles is availablefor Emergencies 24 hours per day 7 days a week

Dr. Frantz Charles MD General SurgeonDr. Charles provides General Surgery services at Sparta Community Hospital and joins us with over 17 years of experience as a general surgeon.Dr. Charles enjoys providing a wide variety of surgical services from Trauma Surgery to routine procedures.

General surgeon Dr. Frantz Charles said he's really looking forward to the opening of the new surgical facilities.He said he's already performing about 80 surgical procedures annually, 60 to 70 percent of them outpatient.The hospital offers privileges to 81 physicians, many of whom operate specialty clinics through SCH.

"The new operating rooms will be much larger and have up-to-date instrumentation of all kinds," Charles said."As a doctor, I'm very excited.We will be able to be more proficient with three operating rooms.The patient will appreciate it, the surgeon will appreciate it and the community will appreciate it.It will be a source of pride."

Charles said the new facilities will allow the hospital to perform all types of endoscopic procedures and he hopes to expand the other types of surgical opportunities offered.He also said facilities will allow not only the full-time staff physicians to provide surgical care to their patients, but the specialty clinic doctors will be able to do procedures at SCH as well, meaning people can remain in their own community rather than traveling to a larger city.

"We will be able to do big, extensive, sophisticated surgical procedures," Charles said.