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A drug addiction can lead an individual to do a lot of things, including breaking the law. According to a Telegraph Journal report, Dilaudid was the drug of choice for Thomas Francis Elliott. The 34-year-old came to the end of a year-long crime spree with a 30 month federal penitentiary sentence.
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There is a growing problem of medication fraud and diversion in the United States and Pitt County is no deviation from the norm. According to a piece in the Reflector, the County Sheriff’s Office is paying closer attention to these problems, with Sheriff Mac Manning at the lead.
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Visiting a bank after hours is generally not an activity bound for honest results. In the case of a 49-year-old man, his wandering around the inside of a Richland bank after hours appeared to have little to do with gaining access to money and more to do with a prescription drug addiction.
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A drug addiction can lead a person to a number of outrageous things, included putting others in harm’s way. A report in the Denver Post recounts a plea arrangement a former surgical technician made with federal prosecutors for infecting at least 15 patients with hepatitis C.
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Stories of addiction, death, betrayal and the fall of a public figure are the perfect fodder for the media and the public to seek their teeth into for a juicy story. In a recent report in the Trib, Natrona County’s former chief deputy coroner was sentenced to 10 years of probation for the possession of prescription drugs he stole from the coroner’s office.
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Austin area pharmacies have been under attack lately, but the constant threat of robbery may be eliminated with the arrest of Daniel Gerding. The Statesman reported that Gerding has been accused of robbing three Austin pharmacies earlier this month in an effort to support his addiction to painkillers.
