A South Whitehall Township doctor was indicted Sept. 11 by a grand jury in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for the attempted murder of his daughter's estranged husband.

According to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty, the grand jury indicted anesthesiologist Dr. Georges J. Bensimhon, 66, of 1488 Shelburne Court, South Whitehall, on one count of attempted aggravated murder, one count of attempted murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of felonious assault.

McGinty says evidence collected by the Cleveland Heights Police Department indicates Bensimhon was masked and hiding outside the back door of Dr. Seth Hoffer's Cleveland Heights home the morning of Sept. 4.

When Hoffer came outside just before 6 a.m., Bensimhon allegedly attacked him with a pry bar and struck him repeatedly in the head.

According to McGinty, Hoffer, 39, was bleeding profusely but managed to fend off Bensimhon and pinned him to the ground.

He then yelled out for neighbors to call police.

When officers arrived, they arrested Bensimhon and allegedly found a cache of injectable sedatives and spinal syringes in his possession.

Bensimhon, who appeared in Cleveland Heights Municipal Court Sept. 5, was released on $500,000 bond. He surrendered both his U.S. and Israeli passports.

Arraignment for Bensimhon in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25.