A man posing as a local Doctor, was arrested after trying to fill a prescription for a ‘patient’, police say. At approximately 2:20 pm yesterday, Officer John Macerino and Det. Jason Pederson responded to the CVS Pharmacy on River Ave to investigate a possible fraudulent prescription.
Upon arrival, they were advised that a man, posing as a local doctor, was attempting to call in a fake prescription of hydrocodone for a patient named ‘Eric Gorbin’. But a store employee suspicious of the call, contacted the real doctor, who advised that the prescription and patient’s name were not valid.
While still on scene, Officer Macerino was advised by store employees that Mr. Gorbin, who’s true identity was later determined to be Zinovy Rapoport of Toms River, NJ, had just arrived at the store.
Mr. Rapoport was arrested without incident and transported to the Lakewood Police Station where he was charged with Attempting to Obtain a Controlled Dangerous Substance without a Valid Prescription. [TLS]
way to go LPD
Same guy tried this at Shop Rite Pharmacy, and got arrested on the scene.
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A Toms River resident was arrested after he allegedly fraudulently attempted to obtain prescription drugs from a Lacey pharmacy, Chief of Police David Paprota said.
Zinovy Rapoport, 38, of Toms River was transported to Ocean County Jail April 3 after police said he attempted to obtain prescription drugs from the ShopRite pharmacy, Paprota said.
Rapoport allegedly called the store posing as a representative of a physician’s
office and ordered a Vicodin prescription for a fictitious patient, Paprota said.
When Rapoport arrived at the pharmacy to pick up the prescription, he was confronted by Lacey police and arrested, Paprota said. The pharmacist had recognized that the prescription was fradulent and called the police.
Rapoport was charged with criminal attempt to obtain a controlled dangerous substance by fraud and attempt to obtain a prescription legend drug.
He was lodged in jail with bail set at $25,000.
Enjoy the new
lodging ,
He needs to be transported to a rehab, not a prison.
I want to know why this person’s mugshot isn’t all over the place to prevent this from happening elsewhere.