Police say Ryan S. Wise, 41, of Shippenville, filled one prescription with forged additions on August 12, 2013, and attempted the same on August 31, 2013.

According to an affidavit, the police were contacted on September 4, 2013, by Dr. Jeffery M. Moll, a Clarion Psychiatric Center employee, who requested an investigation on a prescription that was issued to Wise.

Moll said that he was contacted by CVS Pharmacy about a prescription that Wise attempted to have filled over the weekend, possibly on August 31, 2013, that appeared to be altered, adding a 30 mg (300 count) order of Oxycodone to the bottom of a prescription of 20 mg of Celexa, that possibly Dr. Christopher Dunham had prescribed for Wise.

Moll stated that CVS did not fill the prescription, and Moll requested an investigation into the matter by Clarion Borough Police.

The investigating officer went to CVS at 639 Main St., Clarion, and talked to the pharmacist on duty, Brenda Henry.

Henry stated that she was working on August 31, when Wise entered the pharmacy and asked if another pharmacist, Julie Thompson, was working. Henry told Wise that she wasn’t and said that he provided a prescription of Celexa and on the bottom was Oxycodone 30 mg, that appeared to have been squeezed in on the bottom, possibly forged.

Henry stated that Wise told him that he did not have insurance, and Thompson had helped him out in the past and gave him the employee discount, according to the affidavit.

Henry said she told Wise that she did not believe that Thompson gave him an employee discount, and Wise then asked how much it would be to fill the prescription.

The prescription would have cost $471.99, and Henry said she did not fill the prescription, and returned it to him.

The investigating officer then asked Henry to check if Wise had ever filled a prescription for Oxycodone at the CVS in the past.

She was able to provide a prescription that was dated June 14, issued by Jeffery M. Moll, M.D.

The prescription was filled by Thompson on August 12, at 12:14 p.m. and was picked up by Wise on August 12, 2013 at 12:35 p.m.

A photocopy of the prescription that was filled by Thompson was provided to the officer.

The prescription included Benadryl 100 mg (30 count), Lexapro 5 mg (30 count), Oxycodone 30 mg (300 count) Schedule II Controlled Substance, and Xanax 2mg (90 count) Schedule IV Controlled Substance.

The officer reviewed the prescriptions and an area in the handwriting specifically the “#” markings appeared to be authored by two different handwritings, according to the affidavit.

The investigating officer then contacted Moll by phone and explained that the CVS store had given the script that was attempted to be passed back to Wise but that another prescription that was passed on August 12 was located.

Moll reportedly stated that he believe part of the script was forged and requested that CVS fax a copy of the prescription to his office, and he would review it in the morning on September 9.

Thompson was interviewed by police on September 5 at the CVS store located on Main St. in Clarion.

She stated that she did remember Wise coming into the pharmacy on August 12 and said that she personally knew Wise.

A copy of the prescription she filled on June 14 was shown to her, and she confirmed that she filled it.

The officer stated that it would be odd for someone to hold a prescription that long, and Thompson replied that Wise was waiting for his medical coverage to take effect, and he asked to see if the script would go thru and be covered.

Thompson said the prescription presented was for 300 Oxycodone, and she checked, but the insurance would only cover 150 of the pills.

She told Wise, and he reportedly said that he would take the pills.

On September 5, Moll stated that he researched the prescription and compared the photocopy he received and confirmed that it had been altered.

He stated that the bottom two entries for Oxycodone and Xanax were not on the original.

Moll said that the writing is a forgery and he did not authorize those controlled substances.

He added that if he issues a prescription for a controlled substance he would never put the substance on the same prescription with another drug.

Moll stressed that the Oxycodone and Xanax were not authorized by him and were forgeries.

The investigating officer went to the Clarion Psychiatric Center and picked up Moll’s copy of the prescription that did not list the additional substances.

Wise was charged with the following offenses:

– Acquisition Or Obtain Possession Of Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Felony
– False/Fraud/Incomp Insurance Claim Held, Felony 3
– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
– 2 counts of Intentional Possession of Controlled Substance By Person Not Registered, Misdemeanor
– Forgery — Unauthorized Act In Writing, Misdemeanor 1

According to District Attorney Mark Aaron, Wise was found to be guilty on all counts but the Forgery.