| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAKATIS, KENNETH 0585 (AR11122441) ON APPROXIMATELY 080111, I RECEIVED INFORMATION ON A SUBJECT NAMED MS LILLIAN PACITTI, DEFENDANT, POSSIBLY DOCTOR SHOPPING. UPON RUNNING THE SUBJECT'S NAME THROUGH THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) DATA BASE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TWO REPORTS HAD ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT. ON 031911 (CASE NUMBER 11030722), DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO CVS PHARMACY IN INVERNESS. UPON ARRIVAL THERE, THE PHARMACIST BRIAN MCMAHON ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS FROM DIFFERENT DOCTORS FOR THE SAME CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. IT WAS ADVISED ON 020611 SHE FILLED A PRESCRIPTION FOR 45 HYDROCODONE FROM DOCTOR SHARMA. ON 021211, SHE FILLED THE SAME THROUGH DOCTOR NOLES. THEN ON 021511, SHE RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR 30 HYDROCODONE THROUGH DOCTOR DEGRAAF. ON 021911, SHE RECEIVED 30 MORE THROUGH DOCTOR ADAMS. ANOTHER REPORT WAS GENERATED ON 043011 (CASE NUMBER 11041124) ACCORDING TO THAT REPORT, DEPUTIES WERE ADVISED BY DOCTOR FARRELL AT CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (CMH) THAT THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL ON 12 SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN APRIL. THE LAST BEING 042211 WHERE SHE WAS PRESCRIBED 20 PERCOCET. IT WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD NOT NEED ANY MORE MEDICATION IF THE ORIGINAL WAS TAKEN ACCORDINGLY. SEEING AN OBVIOUS PATTERN, I CONTACTED PHARMACIES IN THE AREA IN REFERENCE TO THE SUBJECT. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER, I HAD COMPILED THE SUBJECT'S PRESCRIPTION PROFILE FROM CVS AND WALGREEN'S LOCATED IN INVERNESS. IT SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 020111 AND 021911 THE SUBJECT HAD RECEIVED PRESCRIPTIONS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT DOCTORS FOR CONTROL SUBSTANCES, BEING HYDROCODONE AND HYROMORPHOM. IT ALSO SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 040311 AND 041611 SHE RECEIVED FOUR DIFFERENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT DOCTORS. ON 082511 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HOURS, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECT AT HER RESIDENCE. I EXPLAINED TO HER I WAS INVESTIGATING HER IN REFERENCE TO DOCTOR SHOPPING. AFTER READING HER MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD, SHE AGREED TO TALK TO ME. I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT I HAD HER PHARMACY PROFILE AND HOW SHE OBTAINED FIVE DIFFERENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FROM FIVE DIFFERENT DOCTORS WITHIN A MONTH PERIOD. I ALSO SHOWED HER WHERE SHE HAD RECEIVED FOUR DIFFERENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FROM another FOUR DIFFERENT DOCTORS. AS I SPOKE WITH MS PACITTI, SHE STATED "YES I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TOO MANY TIMES." SHE THEN TOLD ME A LIST OF AILMENTS TO INCLUDE FLUID IN THE EAR AND FIBROMYALGIA. SHE ADMITTED TO SIGNING A CONTROL MEDICATION SHEET FOR HER NEW DOCTOR ON 081111. WHEN ASKED ABOUT DOCTOR SHARMA, SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD SIGNED A SIMILAR SHEET FOR HIM. I ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT DOCTOR NG BUT SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER. BEING familiar WITH DOCTOR NG, IT IS BELIEVED THAT SHE ALSO SIGNED ONE THERE. WHEN ASKED WHY SHE LEFT DOCTOR SHARMA, SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS DROPPED AS A PATIENT FOR GOING TO THE HOSPITAL TOO MANY TIMES. WHEN ASKED ABOUT DOCTOR NG, SHE TOLD ME THE SAME REASON. I ALSO DISCOVERED A PRESCRIPTION FROM DOCTOR SHARMA DATED 080911 AND A FILLED PRESCRIPTION FOR HYDROCODONE THAT WAS FILLED ON 082311 FROM HER NEW DOCTOR, DOCTOR BELLAM. THE PRESCRIPTION WAS FOR 60 HYDROCODONE AND AS OF TODAY'S DATE, TWO DAYS LATER, THERE WERE ONLY 19 LEFT. WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSING HER PAIN MEDICATION, MS PACITTI TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD TAKEN IT IN ORDER TO SLEEP AND AGAIN TOLD ME ALL HER AILMENTS. MS PACITTI WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM A PRACTITIONER IN REFERENCE TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. NOT KNOWING THE DEFENDANT'S MEDICAL COGNITION AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS DISABLED, SHE WAS RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE (ROR) AFTER BEING PROCESSED FOR THE ABOVE CHARGE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
