WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A NORTH PORT MAN ON 56 FELONY CHARGES CONCERNING FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION DRUG CHARGES FOLLOWING A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION. DEPUTIES SAY 36 YEAR OLD ROGER SWORE TURNED HIMSELF THURSDAY. BACK IN LATE JANUARY, A PUBLIX PHARMACIST CONTACTED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN REFERENCE TO 28 FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE ISSUED SINCE NOVEMBER 16TH. AN UNKNOWN WOMAN CALLED IN THE BOGUS PRESCRIPTIONS SAYING SHE WAS FROM A PORT CHARLOTTE DOCTOR’S OFFICE. THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE SAID THEY DIDN’T ISSUE THE PRESCRIPTIONS, WHICH WERE IN ANOTHER NAME. SWORE THEN HAD HIS MOTHER PICK UP THE BOGUS PRESCRIPTION BACK IN JANUARY. SHE TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HER SON HAD DEVELOPED A DRUG PROBLEM FROM PRIOR INJURIES, AND SHE TOOK HIM TO A REHAB CENTER IN SARASOTA. DETECTIVES DEVELOPED A PHOTO LINE-UP FOR PHARMACY EMPLOYEES, WHO IDENTIFIED SWORE AS THE MAN WHO PICKED UP THE ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTIONS. SWORE WAS CHARGED WITH 28 COUNTS EACH OF OBTAINING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD AND POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL ON $140,000 BOND."
