SHAMOKIN - A Trevorton woman who was among eight people charged last week with drug offenses involving "doctor shopping" was arraigned Monday by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III.
Tammie Sue Miller, 45, of 335 Susquehanna St., was released on $5,000 unsecured bail and was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, before Gembic.
She was charged by narcotics agent Agent Duane Musser of the state attorney general's office drug diversion unit and Shamokin Cpl. Bryan Primerano with one count of acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance by deception by having eight prescriptions filled for oxycodone/acetaminophe authorized by Dr. Mahmood Nasir of Sunbury, and 12 prescriptions filled for oxycodone/hydrochloride and two prescriptions filled for oxycodone/acetaminophen authorized by Dr. Raymond Kraynak of Mount Carmel.
Police said the offenses occurred between Jan. 14 and Aug. 1, 2012, at CVS Pharmacy in Shamokin.
Miller was charged last week but had not been taken into custody. She turned herself in to authorities Monday afternoon.
Gene Allen Hale, 41, of Plymouth, another defendant, remains at large. He is charged by Musser and Primerano with three counts of the same offense for having prescriptions filled for oxycodone/acetaminophen authorized by Dr. Douglas Buffington at the Elysburg Family Practice Center by deceiving Buffington into believing he was the only prescriber authorizing controlled substances to the defendant.
Musser said "doctor shopping" is the practice of deceptively obtaining pain killers from multiple doctors to support their drug addiction or sell the pills for profit.