Police: Man on Crutches Fakes Prescription

A man who entered an all-night pharmacy on crutches to obtain 50 tablets of the pain medication Oxycodone later admitted to police his prescription was a fake, according to court records.

Before making his admission, Farod John’ed Davis, 21, of East Stroudsburg was told by Officer Brent Lear that Davis would not be receiving his prescription “due to possible alterations/forging,” the records say.

Police were called at 12:23am Sunday to the at 2535 William Penn Highway because a fake prescription for 50 Oxycodone tablets with a dosage of 30 mg each had just been dropped off. The store pharmacist told police the man dropping off the prescription was on crutches and left in a silver SUV. An arriving officer saw an SUV leaving and alerted other officers.

The pharmacist said she checked with Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg and was told by a doctor that the prescription was a fake, the records say.

Davis was stopped in the SUV on William Penn Highway at the Route 33 intersection.

He was charged with violation of the controlled substance, drug, device and cosmetic act – a felony – and arraigned later Sunday morning by on-duty District Judge Robert Hawke of Lehigh Township. He was taken to Northampton County Prison after being unable to post $25,000 bail.

The above arrest information was supplied by the office of District Judge Jackie Taschner. It does not indicate a conviction.