Crime & Safety
Man Faces Forged Prescription Charges
Greenwich PD: Suspect stole prescription pad from doctor's office; had accomplice use fake scripts for painkillers.
A Bronx, NY man has been charged with forging prescriptions for the powerful painkiller oxycodone, using a doctor's prescription pad stolen from a Scarsdale, NY medical office.
According to Greenwich Police, the suspect "stole a narcotic prescription pad from a doctor's office in Scarsdale, NY" and "used a local female accomplice to procure oxycodone from Grannick's Pharmacy on four different occasions," according to a Greenwich Police report.
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Michael A. Mango, 27, of the Bronx, NY, was arrested June 14 in connection with the incidents that occured in January, according to the report. He was charged with second-degree forgery, obtaining a controlled substance by forgery, illegal possession, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, conspiracy to obtained a controlled drug, criminal attempt at obtaining a controlled drug and tampering with a witness.
while he waited outside the pharmacy in his car. Mango's bond was set at $10,000 and he was scheduled to appear June 22 in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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