Recent Posts in Prescription Pills Category
Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Plano Drug Crime Lawyer
Today 17 students were arrested and removed from the TCU campus as a result of a six month drug investigation conducted by the Fort Worth Police Department with assistance from TCU Campus Police. Four ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Plano Drug Crime Lawyer
Many people are unfamiliar with the term "doctor shopping". However, the term is gaining more popularity as incidences of prescription drug abuse increase throughout the country. ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As this blog has noted several times, there has been a rampant increase in prescription fraud. Related to this, there has been a concerted by law enforcment and prosecutors throughout the country to ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
We have been exploring the byzantine maze that is the Texas Health and Safety Code and the Texas Penal Code. The cross-reference between the two makes for a head-splitting venture sometimes, however, ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Theresia L. Beckett, 56, from Spokane, Washington has been arrested six times in one year for prescription fraud charges. She is now in jail on a $125,000 bond. She has two additional pending felony ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
According to an article on CNNMoney, "prescription drug abuse is not the fastest-growing drug problem in the country." There are several ways that the prescription drugs are being trafficked ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
An officer for the Nashville Metro Police Department and his wife have been indicted on prescription drug fraud charges. His wife is charged with 16 counts of fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone. The ...
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Posted on May 18, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
A registered nurse in Seattle, Washington has been arrested for "diverting" drugs approximately one-hundred times before being caught. Gordon McSherry, 46, is accused of taking fentanyl (to treat ...
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Posted on May 2, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Warden Lamar Palmer, 56, was a nurse and prescribed Ambien to a co-worker or called in the prescription to the pharmacy himself. He would then obtain the drugs from his colleague to use himself. ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Does this person look like a drug trafficker ? What about this person ? These two fine citizens were arrested in Florida for trafficking .... opium? Shirley Lee Prince, 64 of Beulaville, N.C., and ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
A New York nurse is charged with stealing and forging prescriptions at different pharmacies throughout Genesee County, New York. As part of his job as a nurse, he broke into a computer system and ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
After a routine traffic stop, suspended Green Bay Packer Johnny Jolly was arrested for possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver . In 2008, Jolly was arrested for having 200 grams of ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
A teacher's aid in Daytona Beach went to the local Walmart to pick up her ex-boyfriend. Interestingly, he was attempting to escape from store security because he stole some pants and a razor blade. A ...
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