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Monday, February 4, 2013

Sisters Accused of Dealing Prescription Drugs

Ebony Slocum, 32, and Darrina Slocum, 34, were arrested after a three-year investigation for allegedly selling Oxycodone and Percocet from their homes in Lansdale, Towamencin and Norristown.

After a nearly three-year investigation, Lansdale Police and Towamencin Township Police have arrested and charged two sisters for allegedly dealing Oxycodone and Percocet from their Berwick Place home in Chatham Village in Towamencin. Darrina Slocum, 34, and Ebony Slocum, 32, of the 100 block of Berwick Place, face numerous felony drug dealing charges stemming from a November 2012 incident, police said. Darrina Slocum is free on $10,000 unsecured bail, set by District Judge Harold Borek, according to court records.  Darrina has a preliminary hearing March 14 at 1:15 p.m. in Lansdale. Ebony Slocum remains incarcerated at Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of $75,000 cash bail, according to court records. She has a preliminary …

Ann Knipfer

11:35 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013

What about the doctor who prescribes and the pharmacies who fill these? You can't tell me that they are completely innocent in all of this. Three years? Really? Who takes that many pills anyway? You know they are just as guilty. Wonder if they got paid off?   more ›

Monday, December 10, 2012

Norristown Man Charged in Illegal Drug Scheme

Jeffrey Handy partnered with a Philadelphia pharmacist to write phony prescriptions for oxycodone.

According to Philly.com, a Norristown man and a Philadelphia pharmacist are facing charges after the paired teamed up to write fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone and then sell the painkiller illegally. Jeffrey Handy, 33, of Norristown, allegedly helped pharmacist Arlene Gerson, 46, to write and fill phony prescriptions for the addictive drug and then sell it illegally. Both Handy and Gerson reportedly enlisted others in their scheme. According to Philly.com, the pair face a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, three years of supervised release and $2 million in fines if they're convicted. Read more about the case here.

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