{Charleston, West Virginia}...Former St. Albans doctor William J. Casto pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to federal conspiracy charges. Casto admitted that, from January 2006 through December 2009, he wrote prescriptions for 7,020 Hydrocodone pills and 3,810 Xanax pills. Prosecutors say Casto wrote many of the prescriptions to a person identified as "S.S." Casto said he had a sexual relationship with S.S. and doled out prescriptions for other people at that person's request, even though they were not his patients. Casto faces up to four years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced in September.Saturday, June 23, 2012
Former St. Albans Doctor Pleads Guilty
{Charleston, West Virginia}...Former St. Albans doctor William J. Casto pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to federal conspiracy charges. Casto admitted that, from January 2006 through December 2009, he wrote prescriptions for 7,020 Hydrocodone pills and 3,810 Xanax pills. Prosecutors say Casto wrote many of the prescriptions to a person identified as "S.S." Casto said he had a sexual relationship with S.S. and doled out prescriptions for other people at that person's request, even though they were not his patients. Casto faces up to four years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced in September.