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Middletown-Wallkill, NY
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man, 64, Charged With Selling Drugs/Pills Hudson Valley Man, 64, Charged With Selling Drugs/Pills
Hudson Valley Man, 64, Charged With Selling Drugs/Pills A Hudson Valley man was charged with allegedly selling drugs in the region following a five-month investigation. Orange County resident Thomas McDonnell, age 64, of Deerpark, was arrested on Thursday, April 18, by members of the Deerpark Police Department and the City of Port Jervis Police Department. His arrest comes after a five-month investigation into the sale of narcotics in Deerpark and the City of Port Jervis, said Deerpark Police Chief Richard Sztyndor. Following a search of his home, McDonnell was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controll…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Woman Admits To Selling Opioids, Meth Across NJ: Prosecutors Jersey Shore Woman Admits To Selling Opioids, Meth Across NJ: Prosecutors
Jersey Shore Woman Admits To Selling Opioids, Meth Across NJ: Prosecutors An Ocean County woman admitted to selling opioids and methamphetamine across New Jersey after police found tens of thousands of pain medication pills in her home, authorities said. Laurie Maxson, 54, of Barnegat, pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 29 to conspiracy to distribute more than five ounces of methamphetamine. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the plea on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The county prosecutor's office received a tip on Thursday, July 15, 2021, from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to investigate narcotics being sold in Ocean County. DEA agents helped county investig…

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by Chris Spiker
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Dealing Fentanyl: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Dealing Fentanyl: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Dealing Fentanyl: Prosecutor A 48-year-old man from South Jersey has admitted to dealing fentanyl and other drugs, authorities said. Kevin Vaughan, of Egg Harbor Township, pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Possession with the Intent to Distribute Hydrocodone, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The plea agreement calls for Vaughan to serve a concurrent five years in New Jersey State prison on both counts. On April 21, 2021, detectives from the Atlantic City Police Department along with FBI Task Force officers made a motor vehicle stop on a car Vaughan was drivin…

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by Jon Craig
Brentwood, NY
News
Illegal Oxy Scripts: Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Time Behind Bars Illegal Oxy Scripts: Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Time Behind Bars
Illegal Oxy Scripts: Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Time Behind Bars A Long Island doctor who at one time was a leading prescriber of oxycodone in New York State was sentenced to spend three years behind bars for distributing the drug to patients who did not need it. On Thursday, May 25, the US District Attorney’s Eastern District of New York announced that Dr. Frank Parasmo, a former doctor from Deer Park, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release, for unlawfully distributing prescriptions for oxycodone. Between January 2014 and February 2015, Parasmo, aged 76, provided oxycodone and hydrocodone prescriptions to 18 patien…

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by Sophie Grieser
Lower Paxton, PA
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PA Vet Aide Took Dead Dog's Drugs, Stole 1K+ In Gift Cards, AG Alleges PA Vet Aide Took Dead Dog's Drugs, Stole 1K+ In Gift Cards, AG Alleges
PA Vet Aide Took Dead Dog's Drugs, Stole 1K+ In Gift Cards, AG Alleges A 42-year-old veterinarian's aide has been charged for allegedly stealing various drugs, cash, and gift cards from her co-workers and the hospital where she worked.  Heidi Schumacher of Springdale was working at River Valley Veterinary Hospital when she was caught on camera "taking medications— often after hours when employees should not have been at the facility," Attorney General Michelle Henry stated in the release on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.  An investigation by the AG's office found that she "printed forged prescription bottle labels and entered the locked pharmacy after h…

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by Jillian Pikora
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Former DMV-Area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials Former DMV-Area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials
Former Dmv-area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials A Louisiana doctor who used to practice in DC and Falls Church, Virginia, will spend more than a year in jail for illegally distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone to a Fairfax County man who later died of an overdose. Dr. Robert Cao, 39, was sentenced in US District Court for the District of Columbia to 15 months in prison on five felony counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice, federal officials announced. According to court documents, Cao, who was licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia and Virginia wrote mu…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
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'Put Lives At Risk': Long Island Dentist, Town Worker Charged In Opioid Prescription Scheme 'Put Lives At Risk': Long Island Dentist, Town Worker Charged In Opioid Prescription Scheme
'Put Lives At Risk': Long Island Dentist, Town Worker Charged In Opioid Prescription Scheme A Long Island dentist is among two people facing charges for allegedly selling opioid prescriptions to people without a medical need. Farmingdale resident Jason DiBlasi, age 49, who owns a dental office in Massapequa, was arraigned on 113 counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist in Nassau County Court Friday, Nov. 18. Prosecutors said police began looking into DiBlasi’s prescribing habits while investigating a fatal overdose. Between May and September 2021, members of the Nassau County DA’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administ…

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by Michael Mashburn
Towson, MD
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Doctor Licensed In DMV Area Admits To Prescribing Narcotics That Led To Fatal Overdose Doctor Licensed In DMV Area Admits To Prescribing Narcotics That Led To Fatal Overdose
Doctor Licensed In DMV Area Admits To Prescribing Narcotics That Led To Fatal Overdose A doctor who is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia has admitted to multiple felony charges for prescribing various pain medications that led to a fatal overdose last year and attempting to cover it up, federal officials announced. Former Falls Church resident Robert M. Cao, now of Lafayette, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to five counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice, all felonies, in connection to his unlawful sale of narcotics, according to federal officials. As part of his guilty plea, Cao admitted t…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
News
Darien Doctor Gets Prison Time For $5M Fraud At Norwalk Clinic Darien Doctor Gets Prison Time For $5M Fraud At Norwalk Clinic
Darien Doctor Gets Prison Time For $5M Fraud At Norwalk Clinic A former Fairfield County doctor will spend nearly a decade in prison after admitting to billing Medicaid for nearly $5 million, and hiding the money in a Swiss bank account before attempting to flee the country. Darien resident Ramil Mansourov, who owned and operated Family Urgent Health Care in Norwalk, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to health care fraud and money laundering offenses. Mansourov, 49, purchased Immediate Health Care from Bharat Patel in 2012, renaming it Family Urgent Health Care, and allowed P…

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by Zak Failla
Greenwich, CT
News
Ex-Doctor From Darien Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering Ex-Doctor From Darien Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering
Ex-Doctor From Darien Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering A former Fairfield County doctor will spend nearly a decade in prison after admitting to billing  Medicaid for nearly $5 million, and hiding the money in a Swiss bank account before attempting to flee the country. Darien resident Ramil Mansourov, who owned and operated Family Urgent Health Care in Norwalk, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to health care fraud and money laundering offenses. Mansourov, 49, purchased Immediate Health Care from Bharat Patel in 2012, renaming it Family Urgent Health Care, and allo…

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by Zak Failla
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Spring Valley Man Caught With Hydrocodone Not Prescribed To Him In Nyack Spring Valley Man Caught With Hydrocodone Not Prescribed To Him In Nyack
Spring Valley Man Caught With Hydrocodone Not Prescribed To Him In Nyack A Rockland County man who was caught smoking a marijuana cigarette by police on patrol in Nyack was caught with Hydrocodone that was not prescribed to him, police said. Officers on patrol at approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, spotted Spring Valley resident Edwin Ocvil, 28, smoking a cigarette that allegedly contained marijuana. When he was stopped, further investigation found that Ocvil was in possession of the prescription pills illegally. Ocvil was arrested and transported to Orangetown Police Headquarters. He was processed and charged with misdemeanor counts of criminal possession …

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by Zak Failla
Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud
Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud A 71-year-old doctor from Connecticut pleaded guilty on Monday, June 25 to federal narcotics distribution and health care fraud charges. Bharat Patel of Milford entered his plea in U.S. District Court in New Haven, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for New England. In pleading guilty, Patel admitted that he wrote hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone, and received nearly $159,000 as a result, according to Durham. Accordin…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
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CT Man Gives Up Home, $750K In Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Case CT Man Gives Up Home, $750K In Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Case
CT Man Gives Up Home, $750K In Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Case A Connecticut man is forfeiting his home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme with his wife, a former registered nurse in the state. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Windsor Locks resident Oscar Montoya, 62, has pleaded guilty in district court for his involvement in a scheme that dated back to 1998.to: One count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  One count of engaging and attemptin…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
News
Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking
Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking A former nurse from Connecticut is forfeiting her home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering for more than a decade. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Windsor Locks resident Christine Miles, 59, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam and and one count of engaging and attempting to engage in a monetary transaction affecting interstate commerce, involving criminally derived property …

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by Zak Failla