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November 10, 2008
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Foley AL. NOV 10 2008
A pharmacist has been charged with stealing thousands of prescription pills from Foley’s South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, where he worked.
Paul R. Lovelace, 56, of Fairhope was charged Thursday with first-degree theft of property. Lovelace is a pharmacist who has sometimes worked at several area drugstores, deputies said.
The Baldwin County Sher iff’s Office was contacted two weeks ago by administrators at the Foley hospital, said Capt. Steve Arthur, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Over the course of a year, 8,940 prescription and nonprescription pills had disappeared from the Foley hospital’s pharmacy, Arthur said. The missing pills were of more than 35 varieties, including the commonly abused painkiller hydrocodone and the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam, known by the brand names Lortab and Xanax, Arthur said.
Investigators connected Lovelace to the pill thefts and obtained arrest and search warrants this week, he said.
Deputies arrived at Lovelace’s Gayfer Avenue apart ment at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. They knocked, but Lovelace did not come to the door, Arthur said.
“The deputies began surveillance of the apartment. Mr. Lovelace left the apartment about 30 minutes later and got in his car,” Arthur said. The deputies followed him for a while on U.S. 98, then pulled him over and arrested him beside the road, Arthur said.
Investigators then searched Lovelace’s home, where they discovered about 300 pills, Arthur said.
First-degree theft of prop erty is a Class B felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Arthur said that, as the investigation continues, additional charges may be filed.
“We know he formerly worked at Thomas Hospital and has done part-time work at several local pharmacies, so we are looking into whether thefts may have taken place in those places as well,” Arthur said.
Lovelace was taken to the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Thursday afternoon. He was released Thursday night on $7,500 bond, according to jail officials.
A pharmacist has been charged with stealing thousands of prescription pills from Foley’s South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, where he worked.
Paul R. Lovelace, 56, of Fairhope was charged Thursday with first-degree theft of property. Lovelace is a pharmacist who has sometimes worked at several area drugstores, deputies said.
The Baldwin County Sher iff’s Office was contacted two weeks ago by administrators at the Foley hospital, said Capt. Steve Arthur, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Over the course of a year, 8,940 prescription and nonprescription pills had disappeared from the Foley hospital’s pharmacy, Arthur said. The missing pills were of more than 35 varieties, including the commonly abused painkiller hydrocodone and the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam, known by the brand names Lortab and Xanax, Arthur said.
Investigators connected Lovelace to the pill thefts and obtained arrest and search warrants this week, he said.
Deputies arrived at Lovelace’s Gayfer Avenue apart ment at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. They knocked, but Lovelace did not come to the door, Arthur said.
“The deputies began surveillance of the apartment. Mr. Lovelace left the apartment about 30 minutes later and got in his car,” Arthur said. The deputies followed him for a while on U.S. 98, then pulled him over and arrested him beside the road, Arthur said.
Investigators then searched Lovelace’s home, where they discovered about 300 pills, Arthur said.
First-degree theft of prop erty is a Class B felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Arthur said that, as the investigation continues, additional charges may be filed.
“We know he formerly worked at Thomas Hospital and has done part-time work at several local pharmacies, so we are looking into whether thefts may have taken place in those places as well,” Arthur said.
Lovelace was taken to the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Thursday afternoon. He was released Thursday night on $7,500 bond, according to jail officials.
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