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Police: Fraudulent Calls Being Made to Pharmacies

Police: Fraudulent Calls Being Made to Pharmacies
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Feb. 19, 2019 | PADUCAH
By West Kentucky Star Staff Feb. 19, 2019 | 02:05 PM | PADUCAH
Paducah Police are investigating a rash of calls to local pharmacies by people trying to fill fraudulent prescriptions. 

Police say a pharmacist at Walgreens became suspicious about a call she received from a man claiming to be a doctor in Houston, who called in prescriptions for Amoxicillin and Premethazine with Codeine. A woman then reportedly called asking about the drugs, saying her name was Mary Springs and mentioning the name of her doctor from Houston. When the doctor's office was called, the pharmacist learned they had no patient by that name and they had placed no calls to the pharmacy. 

The pharmacist told police she learned that another Walgreens and a CVS pharmacy had also received calls from the same telephone number, mentioning the same doctor and asking for the same prescriptions, but using the patient names Tiffany Harris and Joann Jones.

A pharmacist at CVS confirmed to police that a man claiming to be a doctor in Houston had called their business. A security camera provided an image of a man who unsuccessfully tried to pick up one of the prescriptions.  

Anyone with information about the man in the photo or any of these calls to pharmacies is urged to call the Paducah Police Department at 270-444-8550. 

Information also may be provided anonymously through West Kentucky Crime Stoppers by texting WKY and your tip to 847411 (tip 411) or by downloading the app “WKY Crime Stoppers” from the Apple Store or Google Play. Tipsters also may access the online tip form through the City of Paducah website at http://paducahky.gov/west-ky-crime-stoppers. Information leading to an arrest or indictment may result in a reward of up to $1,000.

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