| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAKATIS, KENNETH 0585 (AR111203959) DID OBTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: LORTAB 100 COUNT, BY MEANS OF DECEPTION, TO WIT: BY FRAUDULENTLY CALLING IN A PRESCRIPTION WITHOUT THE DOCTOR'S KNOWLEDGE, IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.12(7)(A)9 ON 121411, CVS PHARMACY IN INVERNESS CALLED DETECTIVE BERGEN AND I IN REFERENCE TO A FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION, UPON ARRIVAL THERE DETECTIVE BERGEN AND I MADE CONTACT WITH THE PHARMACIST DAN SANOW, WHO EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION FOR A BRANDON CORNETT ON 121411. HE NOTICED THAT CORNETT HAD JUST RECEIVED THE SAME PRESCRIPTION FOR 50 LORTABS SIX DAYS EARLIER ON 120811. BELIEVING THIS TO BE SUSPICIOUS HE CALLED THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, PARAMONT URGENT CARE, AND ASKED TO SPEAK WITH THE DOCTOR IN REFERENCE TO THE PRESCRIPTIONS. UPON SPEAKING WITH DOCTOR BOVELL, DOCTOR BOVELL ADVISED HE HAD NOT CALLED IN THOSE PRESCRIPTIONS. AT THAT TIME I INITIATED A REPORT AND ALSO COLLECTED THE VIDEO OF THE TRANSACTION WHICH WAS DONE THROUGH THE DRIVE THRU. ON 121511, DETECTIVE BERGEN MADE CONTACT WITH MICHAEL HUMPHREY, THE OWNER OF PARAMONT URGENT CARE. HE VERIFIED THE ABOVE INFORMATION. MR HUMPHREY ADVISED THAT IT WAS NOT CORNETT WHO HAD CALLED IN THE PRESCRIPTIONS, BUT AN EMPLOYEE NAMED PAUL STASIO. MR HUMPHREY TOLD DETECTIVE BERGEN THAT STASIO ADMITTED TO CALLING IN THE FALSE PRESCRIPTIONS BECAUSE HE HAD AN ADDICTION. HUMPHREY TOLD DETECTIVE BERGEN THAT HE HAD RELEASED MR STASIO FROM THE CLINIC AND THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY HOUSE SITTING FOR BRANDON CORNETT IN INVERNESS. I THEN RESPONDED TO 2904 WEST MONROE STREET IN INVERNESS AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT PAUL STASIO. AFTER READING MR STASIO HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PREPRINTED CARD, HE ADMITTED HE HAD CALLED IN THE TWO PRESCRIPTIONS FOR LORTAB USING DOCTOR BOVELL'S DEA NUMBER A ND THE CLINIC PHONE NUMBER, FOR BRANDON CORNETT, HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT FOR CORNETT, BUT WERE FOR HIS PERSONAL USE AND HE HAD PICKED THEM UP ON BOTH OCCASIONS. HE ADMITTED TO DESTROYING THE PILLS AFTER HE WAS CONFRONTED BY MR HUMPHREY AND HE BELIEVED HE DID HAVE AN ADDICTION PROBLEM AND WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GO TO REHAB. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR OBTAINING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY BERGEN AND I, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR BOTH CHARGES (2 COUNTS OF OBTAINING PRESCRIPTIONS BY FRAUD OR DECEPTION). "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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
