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Date: 05-26-2021
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Case Number: 3:19-cr-00204-JAM
Judge: Jeffrey A. Meyer
Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (New Haven County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jennifer Farrell, 38, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was for writing illegal prescriptions for oxycodone while she was a doctor in New Haven.
Farrell was a medical resident at Yale New Haven Health (“YNHH”) in its Emergency Department from July 2017 until June 2019. From March 2018 to March 2019, Farrell wrote more than 50 prescriptions for oxycodone for non-legitimate medical purposes outside the scope of her professional practice in the name of at least five individuals. Farrell did not see any of the other individuals for any medical purpose at any YNHH facility during the entire period of her residency. In total, she wrote illegal prescriptions for nearly 4,000 oxycodone tablets during that approximately one-year period.
Farrell was arrested on July 31, 2019. On March 4, 2021, she pleaded guilty to distribution of controlled substances outside the scope of her professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.
This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Group. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Cherry.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE (Distribution of Narcotics)
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Outcome: Defendant was committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total of 30 days; supervised release for a total term of 3 years; special assessment of $100.00 is imposed.
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