Ex-pharmacy tech arraigned on 14 drug counts

by Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Point Pleasant (Wv) Register

POMEROY A former pharmacy technician was arraigned Monday on 14 charges related to theft, trafficking and possession of drugs.

Stacy A. Hawk, 33, sat silently at the defendants table as Meigs County Common Pleas Judge I. Carson Crow read the 14 counts of the indictment.

Hawk was charged with five counts of theft of drugs, one count possession of drugs, three counts aggravated possession of drugs and five counts trafficking in drugs.

Theft of drugs, as charged, is a felony of the third degree, while the other nine counts are third degree felonies.

According to the indictment filed with the court, the alleged theft of drugs involved various strengths of hydrocodone with acetaminophen from Fruth Pharmacy No. 6 (Pomeroy) on Nov. 9, 16, 23, 26 and 28.

The single count of possession of drug occurred on or about Nov. 9. According to the indictment, Hawk did knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance. The drugs were described as 500 tablets of hydrocodone with acetaminophen 5/325 mg tablets, a schedule III substance, with the amount being five times greater, but less that fifty times the bulk amount.

The three counts of aggravated possession of drugs, according to the indictment, were on or about Nov. 23, 26 and 23. Each count alleges that Hawk did knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance. The two counts on Nov. 23 were 500, 10/325 mg tablets of hydrocodone with acetaminophen, a schedule III controlled substance with the amount being five times greater, but less than fifty times the bulk amount. The count alleged on Nov. 26 was 500, 10/660 mg tablets of hydrocodone with acetaminophen, with the amount greater than bulk but less than five times bulk amount.

The charges of trafficking in drugs allege that Hawk did knowingly prepare for shipment, ship, transport, deliver, prepare for distribution or distribute a controlled substance. The counts vary in the strength of the hydrocodone with acetaminophen tablets.

Hawk was first arrested on Nov. 29, 2012, after admitting to agents with the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy that she stole hydrocodone from the pharmacy where she worked, a news release from the Board of Pharmacy stated.

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Ex-pharmacy tech arraigned on 14 drug counts