Welcome to the bizarro wold of the War on Drugs in Florida:
July 17, 2003.A six-month investigation has culminated in the arrests of four people on warrants for "doctor shopping" while trying to obtain prescription drugs, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
"In the investigation, drug detectives learned that the suspects went to various doctors seeking prescriptions for narcotics," said Capt. Rick Ryan of the sheriff's office.
Detectives developed profiles on the suspects, who visited two or more doctors within a 30-day period, Ryan said.
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- Tuesday, Janice Plant Vandiver, 44, of Georgetown, was arrested and charged with 20 counts of withholding information from a practitioner and 20 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Her bond was set at $43,028.
- Also arrested Tuesday was Deanna Haney, 41, of Satsuma, on three counts of withholding information from a practitioner and five counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Her bond was $12,512.