Married nurse practitioner tried to force abortion pills into girlfriend, police say

Coots' wife, Melissa, is also charged with witness tampering after joining her husband in trying to persuade the woman to not go to the police, prosecutors say. A married nurse practitioner is accused of forcing abortion pills inside his girlfriend, who was also one of his patients, after she got pregnant. David Benjamin Coots is charged with assault in the second degree, rape in the third degree, witness tampering and five violations of court orders. Coots practiced at a MultiCare Tacoma location in Gig Harbor, although his profile no longer...