CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A Hempstead man, on Wednesday, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for conspiring to divert Oxycodone from a Hempstead pharmacy into the illicit market, prosecutors announced.
According to court filings, Trevor Lawry, 38, headed a drug trafficking organization from February 2018 to March 2020, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District said.
“While communities across the country reeled from an opioid epidemic, this defendant operated an elaborate scheme that illegally diverted huge quantities of prescription medications into the hands of drug users, including people struggling with addiction,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.
Lawry forged paper prescriptions forms, sourced from stolen prescription pads, to obtain controlled substances: Oxycodone, Adderall, Alprazolam (also known as “Xanax”) and Promethazine with Codeine syrup, the U.S. Attorney said.
During the two-years period, more than 500 fraudulent prescriptions for the medications were filled at D.R.A. Pharmakon, Inc., doing business as D’s Pharmacy in Hempstead, where one of Lawry’s co-conspirators worked as a pharmacist, Peace said.
“For two years, Lawry spearheaded a diverted prescription drug trafficking conspiracy using forged prescriptions, putting profits above public health,” DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino said. “This sentencing stands as a testament to our commitment in combatting the scourge of opioids being sold on the street, and those responsible for selling them.”
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