Crime & Safety
Police Arrest Milwaukee Woman for Fraudulent Narcotics Prescription
Suspicious pharmacist at a local drug store phoned police after doctor confirmed he didn't write prescription.
A 33-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested Thursday after she attempted to obtain narcotics from a local pharmacy with a fraudulent prescription, police say.
According to the police report, a pharmacist at Family Pharmacy, 3512 N. Oakland Ave., became suspicious after the woman walked in with a prescription for oxycodone and Valium signed by a doctor who typically doesn't prescribe narcotics.
The pharmacist called the prescribing doctor who said he hadn’t written the prescription. Police believe the woman stole a prescription pad from a doctor’s office to write the fraudulent prescription.
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The police were called and the woman arrested for attempting to obtain a prescription/controlled substance by fraud.
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