Mingo County Pharmacist Pleads Guilty

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...James P. Wooley, 76, of Louisa, Kentucky, the owner and operator of Stronsnider Drug Store, Inc. which conducted its business operations as SAV-RITE Pharmacy in two locations near Kermit, in Mingo County, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to acquire or obtain controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and subterfuge. Federal prosecutors say that, from June 2006 through September 2006, Wooley and other licensed pharmacists under his direction illegally dispensed controlled substances to patients from Justice Medical Clinic in Kermit. Wooley also admitted that he issued numerous illegal prescriptions using a physician’s Drug Enforcement Administration number without the physician’s consent. Wooley faces up to four years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced May 3rd.