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Roane sheriff plays role in indictment, conviction of Chattanooga pain clinic owner

Posted at 10:15 pm January 28, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

Jack Stockton

Jack Stockton

The Roane County Sheriff’s Department was one of several law enforcement agencies that took part in an investigation that led to the indictment and conviction of the owner of two pain clinics, or “pill mills,” in Chattanooga, authorities said.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were also involved in the investigation that led to the convictions of four people, including Barbara Lang, a.k.a. “Aunt Bea,” 60, of Rossville, Georgia, who owned and operated Superior One Pain Clinic and Primary Care Pain Clinic in Chattanooga, federal officials said.

Lang was convicted of drug trafficking and financial crimes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Roane County, Top Stories, U.S. Tagged With: Aunt Bea, Barbara Lang, Charles Larmore, Chattanooga Police Department, drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration, drug trafficking, Elite Care, Faith Blake, financial crimes, Gregg L. Sullivan, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jack Stockton, Jerome Sherard, medication, Michael D. Porter, narcotics, opioids, oxycodone, pain clinic, pill mill, pills, Primary Care Pain Clinic, Roane County Sheriff's Department, Rockwood Police Department, Sherard Clinic, Superior One Pain Clinic, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tracy Stone, U.S. Attorneys' Office, U.S. District Court, Xanax

KPD: Doctor arrested on drug, weapons charges after officers find pipes, pot, pills

Posted at 11:30 am September 4, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Michael Lapaglia

Michael LaPaglia

Note: This story was last updated at 12:02 p.m.

An East Tennessee doctor with ties to Oak Ridge and Anderson County was arrested Tuesday morning at his Knoxville home on drug and weapons charges after officers allegedly found about 125 marijuana pipes and bongs, more than two pounds of high-grade marijuana, and pills and vials containing liquids commonly used in hospitals, with the medicines ranging from Valium and amphetamine to oxycodone, propofol, and morphine, authorities said.

The Knoxville Police Department arrested Michael A. LaPaglia, 42, after responding to a report of a domestic dispute at a home on Fox Cove Road about 11:46 p.m. Monday, spokesman Darrell DeBusk said. When police entered the home, they said they noticed a strong marijuana smell throughout the house. They also saw several Mason jars with marijuana residue as well as bongs, or water pipes used to smoke marijuana, according to a KPD statement. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Health, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: amphetamine, Anderson County, Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, Anderson County EMS, crack cocaine, Crystal Jordan, Darrell DeBusk, domestic dispute, fentanyl, Fox Cove Road, Glock, Knoxville, Knoxville Police Department, manufacturing delivering selling or possessing controlled substances, marijuana, Methodist Medical Center, Michael A. Lapaglia, Michael Lapaglia, morphine, Nathan Sweet, Oak Ridge, oxycodone, pills, possessing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, possessing drug paraphernalia, propofol, rectal examinations, rifle, Team Health, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Valium

OS police allegedly find Xanax, meth, other pills during traffic stop

Posted at 12:53 pm May 14, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The driver was sweating profusely, acting nervous, and had white powder packed into his left nostril, the Oliver Springs police officer said.

The passenger removed several handfuls of pills from her crotch and a ball of tin foil that contained an orange-colored powder that tested positive for methamphetamine, Oliver Springs Police Department Sgt. Charles Graham said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Detention Facility, Charles Graham, Flexeril, Jeanie M. Hawkins, Johnson City, Keith Calloway Cousin, Klonopin, manufacturing delivering selling controlled substances, meth, methamphetamine, morphine, Oliver Springs Police Department, oxycontin, pills, possessing drugs without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia, trazodone, Xanax

Kmart pharmacy robbed again

Posted at 5:17 pm March 7, 2013
By John Huotari 8 Comments

Oak Ridge Police Respond to Kmart Robbery

The Oak Ridge Police Department responds to a reported robbery at the Kmart pharmacy on Tuesday evening.

A man who robbed the Kmart pharmacy on Tuesday fled on foot with $597 in cash but no pills, the Oak Ridge Police Department said Thursday.

It’s not clear yet if there is a connection between that stickup and a Feb. 26 pharmacy heist. It’s the second time in about a week that the pharmacy has been robbed.

ORPD Lt. Robin Smith said the suspect in this week’s robbery allegedly handed a note to a pharmacy clerk, demanding money and pills. The clerk cleaned out a cash drawer and gave the man $597, but no pills, Smith said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: heist, Jeramiah Frederick Webb, Kmart, money, Oak Ridge Police Department, pharmacy, pills, robbery, Robin Smith, suspect

WYSH: ETHRA van driver busted for pills at hospital

Posted at 11:14 am November 27, 2012
By John Huotari 4 Comments

Information from WYSH Radio in Clinton

A van driver for the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency was arrested last week after he allegedly bought pain pills from a confidential informant in a bathroom at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge.

Leonard Shannon Ellis, 33, of Rockwood and Keith Edward Sackett, 55, of Kingston are each in custody at the Anderson County Jail on charges of criminal conspiracy and possession of a controlled substance.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: confidential informant, East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, ETHRA, Keith Edward Sackett, Leonard Shannon Ellis, Methodist Medical Center, pills

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