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Oakboro Police arrest woman for falsifying prescriptions for narcotics
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 — An Oakboro woman was arrested Oct. 23 and taken to jail for calling in fraudulent prescriptions for narcotics.
Susan Lowrey Oxendine, 32, of 11827 Graham Road, used a false name and called Oakboro Pharmacy for two prescriptions totalling 180 pills, naming a Concord doctor’s office as the source of the prescription.
She called in 90 Hydrocodone and 90 Xanax, which the pharmacy filled, but when she attempted to repeat the order, the pharmacy called the Concord office of the physician Oxendine was posing as a patient of.
Upon learning the prescriptions were fakes, and there was no such patient, the pharmacy alerted authorities.
Investigators with Oakboro Police Department (OPD), assisted by Stanly County Sheriff’s Office detectives, advised the pharmacy to move ahead with the order while officers staked out the delivery.
As officers monitored the pharmacy, an individual other than Oxendine arrived to pick up the pills.
Investigators picked up the individual and continued with their investigation.
They later determined Oxendine was actually obtaining the pills for resale.
She was then taken to the Stanly County Jail where she was placed under a $1,000 bond.
The investigation is ongoing. More charges may be pending and additional suspects may be implicated in the case.
Oakboro Police Chief Joe Lowder described a disheartening increase in the popularity of such pills and said getting these out of street circulation is definitely a plus for residents.
“Hydrocodone and especially oxycontin have become very popular,” he said.
“Fortunately we got these off the streets before they got into anyone’s hands, especially any young people.”
While the purchase price of the pills by the bottle can be in the $30 to $50 range, the street value is around $4 per pill and demand for them among youthful offenders is fairly high, Lowder said.
“Oakboro pharmacy is to be commended for recognizing this as a fraudulent prescription and notifying us right away.”
Jay Almond can be contacted by email at snaponline21@yahoo.com.
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