PIKEVILLE, Ky. –  A Pikeville doctor and one other were arrested Wednesday morning by US Marshals on federal drug charges.  47 year old Scott Akers and 32 year old Serissa Collier, aka Serissa Stamper were lodged in the Pike County Detention Center, each facing seven counts of unlawfully distributing quantities of hydrocodone, oxycodone and fentanyl between August of 2016 and May of 2018.  A federal grand jury indicted the pair on April 11^th.   According to documents filed in federal court, Akers owned and operated a pain management clinic in Pikeville where Collier was employed.  However, Akers closed the clinic in 2016 and allegedly began dispensing prescriptions for pain medication from Akers’ residence where Collier resided from time to time.

EKB News is continuing to gather the details on the case and will post a more complete story later today.