Fairbanks Newsminer newspaper arcticle:
FAIRBANKS -- An Alaska State Trooper based in Fairbanks has been charged with forging prescriptions for narcotic pain medications, according to a trooper news release.
According to an investigation that began when a doctor alerted authorities to the forgeries, Scott Ide forged prescriptions four times between January and March 2008 and attempted to forge a fifth prescription in April. Ide told investigators that he needed the pain medicine due to an injury he sustained while serving in the U.s. Army.
Ide was charged with one count of having “intent to defraud, made or caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise,†which is a class C felony offense.
Ide, 43, was hired as a state trooper in August, 2004. He was initially posted in Palmer and transferred to Fairbanks in January 2008.
State Trooper's news release:
Location: Fairbanks
Type: Forged Perscriptions
On April 7, 2008 the Drug Enforcement Administration - Diversion Unit,
working in conjunction with the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Alcohol
and Drug Enforcement, began an investigation into a report from a
Fairbanks area medical doctor regarding what appeared to be forged
prescriptions.
The joint DEA / AST investigation showed that Scott Ide, a state trooper
posted in Fairbanks, had forged prescriptions on four separate occasions
between 01-24-08 and 03-07-08 and had attempted to forge a fifth
prescription on 04-06-08. All the forged prescriptions were for
narcotic pain medications. Ide told investigators that he needed the
pain medicine due to an injury he sustained while he had been in the US
Army.
Ide was very cooperative when contacted by investigators. On May 21,
2008, after the investigation was completed, the case was referred to
the Alaska Department of Law's Office of Special Prosecutions and
Appeals, as usually happens when law enforcement officers are subjects
of criminal investigations.
Today, in Superior Court in Fairbanks, the Office of Special
Prosecutions and Appeals filed an Information charging Ide with one
count of having "intent to defraud, made or caused a false entry in the
business records of an enterprise," which is a class C felony offense.
Ide, age 43, was hired as a state trooper in August, 2004. He was
initially posted in Palmer and transferred to Fairbanks in January,
2008.
Received Friday, August 22, 2008 1:22 PM and posted Friday, August 22, 2008 1:37 pm
FAIRBANKS -- An Alaska State Trooper based in Fairbanks has been charged with forging prescriptions for narcotic pain medications, according to a trooper news release.
According to an investigation that began when a doctor alerted authorities to the forgeries, Scott Ide forged prescriptions four times between January and March 2008 and attempted to forge a fifth prescription in April. Ide told investigators that he needed the pain medicine due to an injury he sustained while serving in the U.s. Army.
Ide was charged with one count of having “intent to defraud, made or caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise,†which is a class C felony offense.
Ide, 43, was hired as a state trooper in August, 2004. He was initially posted in Palmer and transferred to Fairbanks in January 2008.
State Trooper's news release:
Location: Fairbanks
Type: Forged Perscriptions
On April 7, 2008 the Drug Enforcement Administration - Diversion Unit,
working in conjunction with the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Alcohol
and Drug Enforcement, began an investigation into a report from a
Fairbanks area medical doctor regarding what appeared to be forged
prescriptions.
The joint DEA / AST investigation showed that Scott Ide, a state trooper
posted in Fairbanks, had forged prescriptions on four separate occasions
between 01-24-08 and 03-07-08 and had attempted to forge a fifth
prescription on 04-06-08. All the forged prescriptions were for
narcotic pain medications. Ide told investigators that he needed the
pain medicine due to an injury he sustained while he had been in the US
Army.
Ide was very cooperative when contacted by investigators. On May 21,
2008, after the investigation was completed, the case was referred to
the Alaska Department of Law's Office of Special Prosecutions and
Appeals, as usually happens when law enforcement officers are subjects
of criminal investigations.
Today, in Superior Court in Fairbanks, the Office of Special
Prosecutions and Appeals filed an Information charging Ide with one
count of having "intent to defraud, made or caused a false entry in the
business records of an enterprise," which is a class C felony offense.
Ide, age 43, was hired as a state trooper in August, 2004. He was
initially posted in Palmer and transferred to Fairbanks in January,
2008.
Received Friday, August 22, 2008 1:22 PM and posted Friday, August 22, 2008 1:37 pm
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