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Saturday, November 24, 2012

SLP Man Charged with Passing Forged Prescription

Police say Erskine Admora Morrison gave pharmacists at Walgreens a forged prescription for 120 oxycodone tablets.

A St. Louis Park man is accused of trying to obtain 120 oxycodone pills by offering a fraudulent prescription at a St. Louis Park drugstore. Erskine Admora Morrison, 54, is charged with fifth-degree drug possession, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of a $3,000 fine. St. Louis Park police were called to Walgreens on Cedar Lake Road on Nov. 14 after employees reported a man trying to pass a forged prescription, according to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Police Officer Siar Nadem. Officers spoke to an employee, who said Morrison dropped off a prescription for 120 oxycodone tablets, then left the store. The employee said the prescription …

Sunday, April 15, 2012

West Metro Blotter: House Fire, Phony Prescriptions and Thefts

A west metro wrap up of crime, police and fire related incidents for the week of April 1 to April 7.

At Patch, we know that many of you work, shop, and visit communities around where you call home. To keep you up to date with what is happening in cities near your hometown, Patch will be providing regular updates of police, fire and crime related incidents in the west metro. The following is a collection of articles that appeared on Patch sites in Edina, Golden Valley, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Click on the headline to read the full story. St. Louis Park Home Damaged by Fire Both residents escaped without injury. Photos from Lake Minnetonka's Controlled Burns Excelsior Commons, Harrison Bay and Old Orchard Park are all part of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District's …

Friday, April 13, 2012

Man Charged with Presenting Phony Prescription to SLP Pharmacy

Police say Robert Winfield Anderson presented a phony prescription for oxycodone to the Walgreens pharmacy on Cedar Lake Road.

A Minneapolis man has been charged with illegally trying to obtain oxycodone from a pharmacy in St. Louis Park. Robert Winfield Anderson, 22, is charged with fifth-degree drug possession, a felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, compiled by St. Louis Park Police Officer Aaron Balvin, a pharmacist at Walgreens on Cedar Lake Road contacted police on April 3 and reported that a man was trying to pass a phony prescription for oxycodone. The pharmacist told police that the suspect was waiting in the parking lot. When officers arrived, they found Anderson sitting outside the store in the parking lot; they asked him what he was doing, and he told them he was waiting for a …

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