Sunday, March 07, 2010
Drug Related Charges Filed In Pikeville
KENTUCKY....
Two former employees of a pain clinic chain were charged in Pikeville last week with being part of a drug ring that brought Methadone and other prescription drugs from out of state into eastern Kentucky. A complaint filed in federal court charges 45 year old Stephen M. Lyon of Louisiana, former CEO of Urgent Care Services, and 33 year old Tonia Snook of Mississippi, a former employee, recruited people from the Floyd County area to go to company offices in Slidell, Philadelphia and Cincinnati between 2004 to 2007 to obtain Methadone and other prescription drugs. Police raided the Urgent Care Services office in Philadelphia in 2007 and found that more than 100 people had traveled there from eastern Kentucky to get prescriptions. Doctors and others who worked for Urgent Care Services have pleaded guilty to improperly prescribing drugs to people from the Floyd County area.
Two former employees of a pain clinic chain were charged in Pikeville last week with being part of a drug ring that brought Methadone and other prescription drugs from out of state into eastern Kentucky. A complaint filed in federal court charges 45 year old Stephen M. Lyon of Louisiana, former CEO of Urgent Care Services, and 33 year old Tonia Snook of Mississippi, a former employee, recruited people from the Floyd County area to go to company offices in Slidell, Philadelphia and Cincinnati between 2004 to 2007 to obtain Methadone and other prescription drugs. Police raided the Urgent Care Services office in Philadelphia in 2007 and found that more than 100 people had traveled there from eastern Kentucky to get prescriptions. Doctors and others who worked for Urgent Care Services have pleaded guilty to improperly prescribing drugs to people from the Floyd County area.
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