Cleveland J. Enmon, Pill Mill Operation, Georgia 2013

A Georgia doctor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for operating pill-mill clinics, according to the United States Attorney.

Cleveland J. Enmon, 36, of Decatur, Georgia, was convicted by a federal jury of over 90 counts of drug distribution offenses for his role in prescribing hundreds of thousands of pain medications for no legitimate medical purpose.

Enmon was a licensed physician in California and Georgia since in or about 2005. In May 2011, Enmon began working at Brunswick Wellness, a ‘pill mill’ located in Brunswick, Georgia.

During a two-month period while working at Brunswick Wellness, Enmon wrote prescriptions to thousands of people from all over the Eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, for no legitimate medical purpose. Most of these ‘patients’ were drug dealers or drug addicts.

For writing these unlawful prescriptions, Enmon was paid almost $70,000 by the owners of Brunswick Wellness.

After agents of the DEA executed search warrants at Brunswick Wellness in July 2011, and shut it down, Enmon opened up his own ‘pill mill’ in Jesup, Georgia, known as Ocean Care, where he continued to write prescriptions for massive amounts of controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose.

In December 2013, after four days of testimony, a federal jury convicted Enmon of 92 counts of Conspiracy to Unlawfully Dispense Controlled Substances, Unlawful Dispensation of Controlled Substances, and Money Laundering.

Enmon was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 20 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release upon release from prison. He has been in the custody of the United States Marshals since before trial in this matter.

United States Attorney Edward J. Tarver stated, ‘Cleveland Enmon was a drug dealer in a white coat who chose a Ferrari over the welfare of patients.’

In addition to the prison sentence, Chief Judge Wood ordered that Enmon serve 5 years of supervised release upon release from prison. Tarver noted that there is no parole in the federal system.

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