Former Mingo County Doctor Sentenced

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...Former Mingo County doctor 60 year old Diane Shafer was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Charleston to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine, followed by one year on supervised release. Shafer pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to misuse a federal drug registration number and admitted that, between 2003 and 2010, she wrote more than 118,000 prescriptions for pain and anti-anxiety pills to people she did not examine and left pre-signed prescription slips at her Williamson office for staff to hand out. Shafer has also surrendered her medical license and cooperated with prosecutors.