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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Nearby: Oklahoma Man Paid to Forge Doctor Signatures for Pills

Police said a man flew to the Moon Township area to obtain painkillers with fake prescriptions.

An Oklahoma man obtained more than 800 prescribed painkiller pills after a scheme to forge prescriptions from Pittsburgh-area physicians, Moon Township Police said. Rolfe Jensen, 40, of Broken Arrow, OK, faces a preliminary hearing Dec. 18 in Coraopolis District Court on charges he was paid to pass fake prescriptions at area pharmacies, including one in Moon Township, to obtain the drug Lortab. A hearing on Tuesday was postponed. Police said Jensen flew from Oklahoma to the Moon area for the operation.  On Sept. 8, police received a complaint from pharmacists at Super Kmart in Moon Township, claiming a man named Terrance Walker attempted to pass a fraudulent prescription for the painkilling drug, said Officer Jonathan Fry in a complaint.  …

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