Bogus Prescription Leads To Counterfeiting Charge Against Man From South Bend
Bogus Prescription Leads To Counterfeiting Charge Against Man From South Bend
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Bogus Prescription Leads To Counterfeiting Charge Against Man From South BendA South Bend man is facing fraud and counterfeiting charges after allegedly faking a drug prescription to obtain oxycodone.
Demetris Emon Jennings Jr., 29, South Bend, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 12:42 p.m. Wednesday for prescription fraud. His bond was set at $5,000 surety and $250 cash.
Court documents filed Jan. 10 list the charges against him as attempt to acquire a controlled substance by fraud, a level 6 felony; and counterfeiting, a level 6 felony.
On Dec. 24, Warsaw Police Department officer Jordan Roberts responded to a prescription fraud at CVS Pharmacy. He spoke with the pharmacist who said that on Dec. 21 a man presented a fraudulent prescription with Jennings’ name on it for 90 pills of oxycodone 30 mg, a Schedule II controlled substance. The prescription had a doctor’s signature on it. The pharmacist said he knew the prescription was fraudulent because it was issued by a health center that does not exist.
WPD Det. Jeffrey Ticknor was provided a copy of the prescription and video surveillance of the transaction.
Ticknor spoke with the CVS manager and was given photographs of the man that presented the fraudulent prescription. He also obtained a photograph of Jennings from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Jennings was identified as the man who presented the fraudulent prescription. A booking photograph from St. Joseph County Jail of Jennings taken Oct. 20 also was used to verify Jennings was the man who obtained the false prescription.
Ticknor spoke with the manager of the health center where the doctor is employed. The manager said the doctor’s signature on the prescription was forged without the doctor’s permission.
