A pharmacy tech in Letcher County arrested last month for alleged prescription and computer fraud has now been formally charged in the case, along with her father.
30-year-old Lori Swindall, of Jenkins, and her father, 53-year-old Terry “Fuzz” Fugate, of Mayking, were indicted this week by a Letcher County Grand Jury as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. Swindall was arrested late last month and charged in Letcher District Court.
According to this week’s indictment, between August 2015 and December 2016, Swindall and Fugate worked in complicity with one another to traffic in the prescription drugs Lortab and Subutex. Swindall is also charged with obtaining prescription drugs by fraud and using the computer at her former employer, Boggs Pharmacy at the Cavalier Drug Store, to obtain the drugs.
The Letcher County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigation the case, said the investigation is ongoing, and more charges could be filed.
Both Lori Swindall and Terry Fugate were lodged in the Letcher County jail, but have since been released on bond.
The charges filed in the indictments included:
Lori Swindall
Theft of a controlled substance, two counts
First-degree unlawful access to a computer, three counts
Obtaining a controlled substance by use of a false name, three counts
Use of a false statement regarding a prescription , three counts
Use of a false or forged prescription label, three counts
Illegal Dispensing or distribution of a controlled substance, three counts
Receipt or investment of drug-related income, three counts
Complicity to trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree (10 or more dosage units), three counts
Complicity to trafficking in a controlled substance in the second degree (20 or more dosage units), three counts
First-degree possession of a controlled substance, three counts
Intimidating a witness in a legal process, one count
Terry Fugate
Receipt or investment of drug-related income, three counts
Complicity to trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree (10 or more dosage units), three counts
Complicity to trafficking in a controlled substance in the second degree (20 or more dosage units), three counts
First-degree possession of a controlled substance, three counts
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