REVERE - A 54-year-old Peabody chiropractor pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting four female clients in separate incidents at his Revere clinic earlier this year.

Jeffrey Keller admitted to four counts of indecent assault and battery for inappropriately touching the four women while they were in his care. The incidents occurred at Keller's 199 Shirley Ave. office.

Two of the women came forward to authorities after learning of earlier allegations against Keller that appeared in the media, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Chelsea District Court Judge James H. Wexler sentenced Keller to four consecutive two-year terms in the House of Correction, further ordering those terms suspended for a three-year probationary period.

If Keller in any way violates the terms and conditions of his three-year probation, he could be ordered to serve out the entirety of the sentence behind bars, said Jake Wark, spokesman for the district attorney.

Wexler also ordered that Keller register as a sex offender, wear a GPS monitoring bracelet, undergo sex-offender treatment, stay away from the four victims, not be employed in a role where he would have physical contact with women, and comply with the orders of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Chiropractors. At time of sentencing, Keller had already agreed to a suspension of his chiropractor's license.
Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorney Michelle N. Kalowski, a member of the district attorney's Family Protection and Sexual Assault Unit, would have presented evidence and testimony proving that Keller used his position as a chiropractor to have inappropriate physical contact with four women in his office, Wark said.