Memphis, TN – A convicted pharmacist has been sentenced to 188 months in prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
Larry Egan Boatwright, 57, of Germantown, TN was sentenced to 188 months in prison for illegally distributing narcotics, as charged in a superseding indictment.
According to the indictment, Boatwright was a licensed pharmacist working at the Boatwright Drug Company in Millington, Tennessee, and Super Drugs in Savannah, Tennessee at the time the charged crimes were committed.
The indictment charged Boatwright with engaging “in a scheme to dispense controlled substances out of these locations to persons without valid prescriptions, including Schedule II and IV substances.” Counts 1, 4 and 7, respectively, charged Boatwright with distributing hydrocodone, a Schedule III controlled substance, oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and alprazolam, a Schedule IV controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1).
At the conclusion of Boatwright’s three-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict as to all three counts on October 3, 2012. U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland sentenced Boatwright to 60 months imprisonment for Count one; 188 months imprisonment for Count four; and 36 months imprisonment for Count seven; all to be served concurrently.
Boatwright was also fined $5,000 and ordered to serve a total of three years of supervised release. In addition to the prison sentence, Boatwright was required to forfeit his interests in property obtained from the proceeds of his crime, including more than $33,000 in cash and bank funds, real estate located at 2132 Woodside Drive, Germantown, Tennessee, and a pair of automobiles.
“Americans rely on medical professionals, including pharmacists, to use their training to help patients and to ‘do no harm,’” said DEA Memphis Resident Agent-in-Charge Brian Chambers. “This individual violated the law and betrayed his responsibilities to his profession, the DEA, and most importantly to the public he pledged to serve,”
The case was investigated by Sergeant Dennis Brunson of the Millington Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force Officer George Stauffer of DEA’s Memphis Task Force, and DEA Diversion Investigators Justin Wood, Heather Wehrle and Rhonda Phillips. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joe Murphy and Leetra Harris of the United States Attorney’s Office in Memphis.
Boatwright is a licensed pharmacist who abused his position of trust to illegally provide massive amounts of prescription drugs to individuals without valid prescriptions. This successful prosecution and the court’s sentence should serve as a clear reminder that such conduct will be aggressively prosecuted, and that no one is above the law, said U.S. Attorney Stanton.
Tennessee pharmacist Larry Egan Boatwright has been held accountable for his crimes, and his 188-month prison sentence serves as a warning to others who may consider engaging in similar illicit activities.
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Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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