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Two Charged in Perry Hall Walgreens Prescription Fraud

Detectives responded to the Belair Road pharmacy on May 22.

 

UPDATE (9:48 a.m.)—Police arrested two Baltimore City women on Tuesday night outside the Perry Hall Walgreens after they allegedly purchased drugs using forged prescriptions.

Anitra Adams, 37, of the 1200 block of Damsel Road and Tanea Sorrell, 36, of the 4300 block of Lasalle Avenue were each charged with four counts of fraud and possession of a controlled dangerous substance, according to Baltimore County police spokeswoman Louise Rogers-Feher.

On the evening of May 22, two women submitted prescriptions for oxycodone and Flexeril, a painkiller and muscle relaxer, to the Walgreens pharmacy at 9621 Belair Rd., police said. Pharmacy technicians contacted police because the prescriptions appeared fraudulent. Detectives then contacted the doctors listed on the prescriptions to determine if they were fraudulent, according to Rogers-Feher.

At around 8 p.m., police arrested Adams and Sorrell, who had returned to Walgreens, but not yet picked up the prescriptions. The women told police they were promised payment for delivering the drugs to "another party," Rogers-Feher said.

The suspects were each held on $10,000 bail and released from jail on Wednesday, court records show.

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article stated that the suspects had prescription drugs on them when they were arrested. Police later explained that the women did not. Patch regrets the error.

Related Topics: Perry Hall Crime, Perry Hall Walgreens, and prescription fraud

Gomer Pyle

9:50 am on Thursday, May 24, 2012

Welcome to Perry Hall, "land of a thousand pharmacies"!!!!

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Jules

2:04 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

True that...can't swing a dead cat around here hit without hitting a Walgreens, CVS, or Rite Aid.

Tim

2:04 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

This won't be the last of these, so many opportunities for drug abusers (if not "manufacturers") to be enabled in this town.

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Red Dolphin

2:39 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

safe way has a pharmacy too,,,,,,,,,,, nice folks there..........esp Pat

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Sharon J. Remeikis

4:09 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

Each prescription should be verified or a system needs to be put in place to stop prescription abuse. Perhaps Dr. Has to electronically submit or call in RX. No paper scripts . Glad they caught the two ladies involved with the Walgreen incident.

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Paul Amirault

6:56 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

Sorry Sharon, costs are high enough, my pharmacist recognizes me. If something funny is going on, like here, they caught it. If it was a crooked prescription they would and did catch it.

Sue

6:39 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

It is illegal per the CDS (Controlled dangerous substance) laws to phone in or electronically submit a script for narcotics, the pharmacies will not accept or fill them.

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AllStar

11:23 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012

Emily,
Flexeril is not a narcotic pain medication. It is a muscle relaxer that itself has no addictive potential.

Almost all of those accused of Rx fraud get slaps on the wrist when it is all said and done. We need to have much stiffer penalties if we really want to get serious about narcotic abuse.

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Emily Kimball

12:34 am on Friday, May 25, 2012

Thank you, I've updated the article to clarify that.

AllStar

10:30 am on Friday, May 25, 2012

I should have said guilty of Rx fraud rather than accused of

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