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Westchester Man Busted Allegedly Attempting To Fill Fake Prescription In Fairfield County Westchester Man Busted Allegedly Attempting To Fill Fake Prescription In Fairfield County
Westchester Man Busted Allegedly Attempting To Fill Fake Prescription In Fairfield County A Westchester County man was busted attempting to fill a fake prescription at a pharmacy in Fairfield County.  Coleem Luther Field, 20, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 1, after allegedly attempting to fill a fake prescription at a central Greenwich pharmacy, said Greenwich Police Capt. Mark Zuccerella. According to Zuccerella, a pharmacist in Greenwich contacted police when Fields attempted to fill a prescription he believed to be fake. Plainclothes officers responded to the store and detained three people believed to be involved in passing fake prescriptions in order to…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Area 32-Year-Old Wanted For Forging Prescriptions Alert Issued For Area 32-Year-Old Wanted For Forging Prescriptions
Alert Issued For Area 32-Year-Old Wanted For Forging Prescriptions New York State Police investigators in Montgomery have issued an alert for a man wanted for possession of a forged instrument in the Hudson Valley. Rogelio Lucatero, 32, is wanted by state police after an investigation revealed that he stole prescription pads while he was a guest at someone’s home. Further investigation found that he forged numerous prescriptions for controlled substance medications. Police said that an Indictment Warrant was issued for his arrest from Orange County Court. Investigators described Lucatero as 5-foot-8 weighing approximately 130 pounds with black hair and br…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Tried To Use Doctor's Professional Credentials To Get Drugs In Westchester, Police Say Suspect Tried To Use Doctor's Professional Credentials To Get Drugs In Westchester, Police Say
Suspect Tried To Use Doctor's Professional Credentials To Get Drugs In Westchester, Police Say Police are investigating a suspect who allegedly attempted to use a doctor’s prescription information to obtain narcotics. A doctor reported to members of the department at Scarsdale Police Headquarters on Saturday that someone had used her professional credentials without her consent to prescribe narcotics on two separate occasions. According to police, the woman was contacted by a pharmacy on Oct. 18 to confirm a past prescription request, which was called in by phone days earlier. Investigators noted that the pharmacy did not request or authorize the prescription or issue any drugs. The…

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by Zak Failla
News
Hudson Valley Pharmacist Sentenced In $9M Scam Hudson Valley Pharmacist Sentenced In $9M Scam
Hudson Valley Pharmacist Sentenced In $9M Scam An 83-year-old Suffern pharmacist who admitted to making millions in a prescription-selling scheme was sentenced to time served and ordered to turn over the $9 million he made peddling the pills across the country. Maurice Malin, who served one day in prison, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, during his sentencing Monday in Manhattan Federal Court. Malin admitted to conspiring to illegally sell over 5 million prescription Butalbital pills to customers across the U.S. who did not have valid prescriptions for the drugs from March 2014 to July 2016, according to the Manh…

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by Kathy Reakes