Child pornography charges

Dr. Brian Aalbers, DO, a pediatric neurology specialist, is charged in federal court complaint with one count of attempted production of child pornography.

Court documents stated that Oct. 23, 2023, Kansas City, Missouri, police officers were sent to meet a reporting party who said he located hidden video cameras. The location of where the officers were sent and other details were blacked out in a court document.

Aalbers arrived at the scene, but did not provide a statement, according to the court document.

The person who reported the hidden video cameras contacted KCMO police about text messages he received from Aalbers.

Officers found Aalbers in a Lenexa hotel and took him to Advent Health for voluntary treatment, the document states.

The hospital security staff took a backpack from Aalbers that contained laptop computers, iPad tablets and a cell phone.

Aalbers did not have access to the devices while in the facility and asked a friend to get his backpack.

According to the court document, Aalbers asked that person to destroy the devices because there was "bad stuff" on them.

In November, a forensic examiner told investigators there over 20,000 videos found on a MacBook Pro.

The videos were from December 2020 to October 2023.

https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/johnson-county-pediatric-neurologist-is-charged-with-attempted-production-of-child-pornography

A pediatric neurologist from Overland Park is currently under investigation for possessing and attempting to produce child pornography.

According to an affidavit, Dr. Brian Aalbers allegedly used hidden cameras to record thousands of videos.

However, it remains unclear where the cameras were located and whether any patients were recorded.

Many parents, whose children were patients of Aalbers, are shocked.

Sarah Howland, a mother whose two children saw Aalbers regularly at Overland Park Regional Medical Center and Lee's Summit Medical Center, expressed her concern.

"It's just really disturbing to think that someone who's such a great doctor and who is so knowledgeable and so smart like that has that other side to him," Howland said.

She also shared her frustration with the lack of communication from HCA Midwest Health, expecting more proactive communication regarding the investigation.

"You would have thought that they would have sent out something on a patient portal or something like, 'Hey, just so you know, you know, we don't have information, but your doctor is no longer going to be there' and you're probably going to see something about him in the news.'"

HCA Midwest Health released a statement, saying that there is no indication at this time that the allegations against Aalbers involved patients.

They also confirmed that Aalbers is no longer affiliated with Overland Park Regional Medical Center or any other facilities or clinics.

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