An Alabama man has been charged with a host of violations for attempting to have fraudulent prescriptions filled at a Fayetteville pharmacy.
William G. Black, 45, of Mobile, Ala., was charged with four counts of financial identity fraud, three counts of attempting to obtain drugs by fraud, a state drug law violation, 4th degree forgery, theft by receiving stolen property and giving false name, according to Fayette County Jail records.
Fayetteville Police Department spokesman Mike Whitlow said officers on Oct. 10 received a call from a local pharmacy at approximately 4:45 p.m. saying that a white male was attempting to fill forged prescriptions. The prescriptions included Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 drugs, Whitlow said.
Whitlow said Black was still in the store when an officer arrived and initially gave false information about Black’s identity and date of birth.
“He said he was picking up a prescription for a man who gave him $10 to pick up the medications,” Whitlow said.
Black also had a prescription for a man with a similar name to his on his person as well as prescriptions for other people, such as a woman who had her purse stolen in another area of metro Atlanta. The documents in Black’s possession also contained dates of the victims’ birth and other information which was medical in nature, Whitlow said.
While not from the area, Whitlow said Black had family in the Atlanta area.
Assessing the action taken by the officer, Whitlow said, “The patrol officer asked the right questions and followed procedure. He did a good job.”
