By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.
Per the tampabay.com article, proof that prescription drug arrests can happen anywhere, anytime...
PINELLAS — Citizen tips have twice led to the arrest of a Belleair Bluffs woman on charges that she doctor shopped and sold painkillers, Pinellas sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies said they received multiple complaints of excessive foot traffic and suspected drug activity outside the home of the suspect, 42, of Pinellas.
The sheriff's narcotics strategic diversion task force began to investigate and on Jan. 14 they arrested her on seven counts of doctor shopping, three counts of trafficking in oxycodone, and six counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, deputies said.
On Feb. 8, according to detectives, the accused was released from jail and placed under supervision.
On Wednesday, detectives received another tip that the lady was again using the same doctor's information, this time to obtain the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. After surveillance, they arrested her on one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.
She was released from the Pinellas County Jail after posting $5,000 bail Wednesday night.
Deputies said the case highlights the importance of citizen complaints.
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