Gulfport Judge Arrested On Rx Fraud Charges

Mississippi Judge Gulfport City Judge Bill Atchison is free
on $90000 bond after being charged with nine counts of
prescription drug fraud.

by Associated Press

Published: Thu, February 05, 2009 - 11:14 am CST Last Updated: Thu, February 05, 2009 - 11:21 am CST

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport City Judge Bill Atchison is free
on $90,000 bond after being charged with nine counts of
prescription drug fraud.
Harrison County Justice Court records show the 49-year-old
Atchison was arrested Wednesday and accused of allegedly visiting
several doctors to obtain hundreds of prescription painkillers.
A judge placed Atchison under house arrest and ordered him to
undergo random drug tests and a pain and drug assessment within 30
days along with a psychological evaluation.
Court records show the charges date back to April 2007 when
Atchison is first accused of obtaining, for example, a 15-day
supply of the prescription painkiller hydrocodone from one doctor
only to fill another prescription from another doctor at a
different pharmacy five days later.
Atchison currently is on administrative leave.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Alweather M Says:

Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:36 pm

WOOOW!

ALWETHER M
LAS VEGAS, NV.

Mom2AngelBaby Says:

Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:28 am

Yeah and I personally know of people right here in Mobile that drive to those same doctors to get pills. Visiting a doctor from another state should really raise the eyebrows of those in the justice department…Pills are the top saling thing on the streets….HIGHLY ADDICTIVE and a quick dolllar made….Shoot I never could remember to take a contraceptive much less a pain killer..well with the exception of my c-section after the birth of my son…ouch…I remembered then lol