JIM THORPE — An Allentown doctor charged in 2013 with writing fraudulent prescriptions that netted thousands of oxycodone pills for a New Jersey dealer has pleaded guilty. John R. Manzella, 52, of the 2700 block of W. Fairview St. faced 99 counts alleging he ran a pill mill from his Jim Thorpe medical practice. He [...]
By Sam Lounsberry Reporter-Herald Staff Writer Pettine FORT COLLINS — This month's trial of a Johnstown doctor accused of fraudulently obtaining drugs was vacated Wednesday in district court. Kenneth Pettine, a 63-year-old doctor whose business partners included the Premier Stem Cell Institute in Johnstown, was accused of forging five other doctors' signatures to prescribe himself [...]
Shannon Gayle Shelton, 26, was charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, three counts of conspiracy to traffick opiates, three counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and four counts of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud. (Photo credit: Buncombe County District Attorney's Office) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — An Asheville woman was [...]
COLUMBIA, LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.– Two California men have been arrested for violations of the Pharmacy Act. King Brooks, 20, of San Jose, California and Jarad Williams, 22, of Tracy California are facing charges of prescription fraud among other charges. On March 25, police received information from another department that CVS pharmacies in the area had [...]
COLDWATER — Coldwater doctor Christina Whitaker, 42, was charged with eight felony drug charges on a warrant sought after a Coldwater Police investigation. Branch County District Court Judge Brent Weigle told her Friday morning in a video arraignment her bond would be $200,000 because of future charges. “There will be a significant number of similar [...]
A Lehigh Valley trauma surgeon is among 10 Lehigh Valley residents facing charges in connection with prescription fraud investigations, prosecutors announced Friday. Three of the defendants worked in the medical field, one used veterinary offices to get pain medication, and six others were part of a prescription pill ring in the Allentown area, prosecutors said. Pennsylvania [...]
A woman purchased prescription opiate pills at different Mooresville pharmacies by forging her prescriptions, according to the Mooresville Police Department. Precias Kajuanna Freeman, 34, of Cleveland, is accused of obtaining Norco, a brand of hydrocodone, in two separate cases in July 2016, according to MPD Maj. Gerald Childress. She attempted to obtain the substance once [...]
CAVE CITY, KENTUCKY, PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY DISPENSING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OUTSIDE OF HIS PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PRACTICE AND HEALTH CARE FRAUD Obtained controlled substances through fraud for his own use BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Barren County, Kentucky, physician was sentenced today in United States District Court by District Judge Greg [...]
WESTERLY — A former employee of a Westerly medical practice is facing drug charges after police said she illegally obtained the painkiller Percocet on at least four occasions since November. The woman, Elisa M. Page, 35, of 33 Captains Drive, turned herself in this week after detectives obtained an arrest warrant. Westerly Police Capt. Shawn [...]
Nikki Calhoun (Source: Cleburne Co. Sheriff's Office via Vinelink) CLEBURNE COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - An Arkansas nurse faces felony charges after investigators say she wrote nearly two dozen fake prescriptions. On Dec. 20, the 16th Judicial Drug Task Force and the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a local doctor’s office regarding a [...]