Kesler Dalmacy, Illegal Distribution of Narcotics, New York 2024

Kesler Dalmacy, a medical doctor, pleaded guilty to illegal distribution of controlled substances in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

In a shocking case, Dalmacy, who operated his medical practice out of an office in East Flatbush, prescribed narcotics to patients outside the course of his professional practice that lacked a legitimate medical purpose in exchange for cash payments.

The proceeding was held before United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly.

The guilty plea was announced by Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Ray Donovan, Special Agent-in-Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division (DEA), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI), Dermot F. Shea, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD), and Kevin P. Bruen, Acting Superintendent, New York State Police (NYSP).

“The defendant, a medical doctor who swore an oath to do no harm, spread the scourge of addiction in our communities by writing bogus prescriptions for personal profit,” stated Acting United States Attorney Lesko.

“This Office, in partnership with the DEA, HSI, NYPD and NYSP, will spare no effort in combatting the illegal distribution of addictive drugs, and in holding medical professionals like the defendant accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” he added.

The arrest of Dr. Dalmacy is the result of an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Dalmacy illegally prescribed to patients thousands of pills of highly addictive controlled substances, including Adderall and Vicodin, in exchange for cash payments.

The defendant wrote these prescriptions outside the course of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.

To conceal the unauthorized prescriptions from law enforcement and oversight agencies, Dalmacy postdated prescriptions and provided multiple prescriptions to the same individual under different or fictitious names.

Defendant: Kesler Dalmacy

Criminal Charges: Illegal Distribution of Narcotics

City and State: Brooklyn, New York

Date: 2024

Sentence or Outcome: Guilty Plea

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/brooklyn-doctor-pleads-guilty-illegal-distribution-narcotics