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Fla. paramedic says addiction led to robbery...
SPRING HILL, Fla. — A Citrus County paramedic said that his addiction to pain pills led him to rob a CVS pharmacy in Spring Hill at knife point earlier this week, Hernando deputies say.
Brandon Scott Johnson, a 25-year-old Spring Hill resident, was arrested Friday evening by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office and charged with robbery with a deadly weapon.
Johnson, an employee a...
Va. doctor convicted of drug trafficking for prescribing large ......
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A pain-management doctor who prescribed large amounts of opiates and drew patients from across the country to his northern Virginia clinic has been convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking by a federal jury.
The jury acquitted William E. Hurwitz on 17 other counts on Friday, and a judge dismissed 17 others, including the most serious charge, drug trafficking resul...
Man Charged With Robbing Pharmacy With Butter Knife...
SPRING HILL, FL (AP) -- Authorities say they've arrested a Citrus County paramedic who used a butter knife to steal pain pills from a Spring Hill CVS pharmacy.
Deputies say Brandon Scott Johnson -- an employee with the county's private EMS service -- confessed to threatening a pharmacist with a butter knife and stealing 140 pills of Oxycontin -- a prescription pain medication.
Aut...
Hurwitz Jurors Explain Their Verdict...
Since the verdict in the Hurwit trial on Friday, I’ve interviewed three of the twelve jurors, and they told pretty much the same story. They said that the jury considered Dr. William Hurwitz to be a doctor dedicated to treating pain who didn’t intentionally prescribe drugs to be resold or abused. They said he didn’t appear to benefit financially from his patients’ drug dealing and that ...
Armed standoff ends peacefully; drugs connected to armed robberies...
Armed standoff ends peacefully; drugs connected to armed robberies
AUGUSTA (April 30): The following information was compiled by the Public Information Office for the Maine Department of Public Safety: Advertisement
Trooper David Pelletier from Troop C reportedly almost single-handedly resolved the Friday, April 20 standoff inside a Wal-Mart in Augusta. Minutes after Philip Urquhart...
Four teens arrested for drug sales...
Four teenagers were arrested Thursday for illegal drug sales after a two-month investigation by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Street Enforcement Team.
During the investigation, officers made controlled purchases of cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy. Large quantities of Oxycontin and morphine also were seized.
The suspects ranged in age from 16 to 18 and included three high schoo...
Doctor Convicted a Second Time of Drug Trafficking...
ALEXANDRIA - A pain-management doctor who prescribed massive amounts of opiates and drew patients from across the country to his Northern Virginia clinic was convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking by a federal jury on Friday.
The jury acquitted William E. Hurwitz on 17 other counts, and a judge dismissed 17 more , including the most serious charge - drug trafficking resulting in death...
Suspect says addiction led to robbery of CVS...
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SPRING HILL - A Citrus County paramedic said that his addiction to pain pills led him to rob a CVS pharmacy in Spring Hill at knife point earlier this week, Hernando deputies say.
Brandon Scott Johnson, a 25-year-old Spring Hill resident, was arrested Friday evening by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office and char...
Prescribing painkillers can land docs in hot water...
MOST patients take medicines only grudgingly if at all. Even if it's something absolutely essential, like diabetes medicine or blood pressure pills, they will let themselves run out and give us fits for fear they'll have a heart attack or stroke.
But there is one subset of patients who are just the opposite. They turn up in the front office and make a scene. They call every hour. They f...
Va. Doctor Convicted of Drug Trafficking...
A pain-management doctor who prescribed large amounts of opiatesand drew patients from across the country to his northern Virginiaclinic has been convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking by afederal jury.
The jury acquitted William E. Hurwitz on 17 other counts onFriday, and a judge dismissed 17 others, including the most seriouscharge _ drug trafficking resulting in death.
It was...