SLIDELL, (AP) — Authorities say a Slidell pharmacy technician allegedly scored nearly 40 prescriptions for hydrocodone by manipulating the computer system at the Walgreens where she worked.Slidell Police spokesman Capt. Kevin Foltz said 24-year-old Ashley Jackson had been involved in the scheme, which was discovered by a loss prevention officer at the store, since March.Foltz tells The Times Picayune that Jackson acquired the drugs by manipulating legitimate prescriptions for customers.Jackson was booked with 39 counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute, 39 counts of obtaining prescription medication by fraud and possession of drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.She is being held in leiu of a $2.925 million bond.It wasn’t immediately clear if Jackson has an attorney.- – – – Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Walgreens pharmacy technician booked with prescription fraud
By The Associated Press
November 19, 2009