Officials say a Long Island dentist has been arrested for distributing prescription drugs to women in exchange for sex.

An indictment unsealed in federal court today charged 70-year-old Dr. Barry Arnold. Arnold is a practicing dentist with an office in Valley Stream.

According to officials, Arnold wrote illegal prescriptions to women for Oxycodone and Xanax in exchange for sex.

Arnold was arrested on Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty to the 24-count indictment Thursday afternoon.

“During the course of close to four years, Dr. Arnold used his ability to write prescriptions to take advantage of those struggling with addiction for his own personal indulgences,” stated Acting SCPD Commissioner Stu Cameron.

According to court documents, between October 2016 and August 2020, Dr. Arnold allegedly prescribed the drugs to six drug-addicted women in exchange for sex acts. The sex acts occurred after business hours at his former dental office in Lynbrook and the current office in Valley Stream.

Court documents revealed Arnold also prescribed controlled substances in exchange for sex acts at his home in Williston Park. Officials say the victims were not Arnold’s dental patients, and the prescriptions were not for legitimate medical purposes.

Arnold was released on $200,000 bond.

He will be on home detention and has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor.

Arnold is allowed to take a 12-hour trip one day a week to Westchester and back to visit family.

The judge said Arnold can work but he is not allowed to use nitrous oxide. Arnold also has to surrender his DEA registration so that he cannot prescribe any medication.

Arnold will also undergo random drug testing.

About halfway through the arraignment proceedings, the defense attorney told the judge that he did not want the name of the assurer to be read in open court. He said due to the high-profile nature of the person's occupation, he did not want to run the risk of damaging their reputation by being linked to the case, so the rest of the proceedings took place in chambers.

If convicted, Arnold could face up to 20 years behind bars.