Dr. Oscar Stokes Jr.
Two doctors are facing charges after being accused of running “pill mills.”
The case involves multiple states, jurisdictions and arrests.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents interviewed patients of the pain management clinic in Alpharetta to learn more about the alleged pill mill.
Agents had the patients sit outside the clinic during the raid.
One patient said “I see some people come in here, you have a lot of meth addicts and stuff”,
Dr. Oscar Stokes Jr. is facing federal drug conspiracy charges in connection with prescriptions written at that clinic.
Sean Herrell said he saw the doctor only once and he had been going to the clinic since May. “Even sometimes I knew just sitting there, like it was a matter of time,” he said.
Another patient said he saw people with Kentucky license plates going to the clinic.
DEA agents also arrested Dr. Romie Roland in the case. He faces federal charges for running an alleged pill mill called Atlanta Pain Rehab.
Investigators said Anthony Licata is also a key player. Licata since has been charged with the same federal charges.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the cases.
operated in multiple states and recruited patients to bring in more profits.
Another patient, says he was never even examined by the doctor at The Innovative Pain Management before being prescribed several strong medications.
“He just rushed me through the office,” said Richard Williams. “He didn’t ask me any questions. He didn’t get any exams. I didn’t fill out any paperwork. The only thing the doctor asked me for was my name and a picture ID,” said Williams
WSB TV crews were there wen agents raided the clinic and interviewed the witnesses on Upper Hembree Road and arrested the doctor in charge, Dr. Oscar Stokes Jr.
Stokes’ clinic is one of three clinics in the metro area raided by the DEA. The others included Atlanta Pain Rehabilitation, which is located right next to a day care in southwest Atlanta.
The indictment also names Dr. Romie Roland and seven (7) others in a scheme that involved prescribing oxycodone, morphine pills, and other drugs “without a legitimate medical purposed for prescribing them.”
According to federal investigators, several people would “sponsor patients” for multiple visits. The prescribed pain pills were re-sold for profits.
The indictment says, “Specifically, they would contact the clinics and schedule visits for multiple patients. These defendants would supervise visits, financing the costs of both seeing the doctor, as well as filling the prescriptions. The goal of this sponsorship was to procure multiple prescriptions for controlled substances.”
Both doctors entered not guilty pleas and were released on bond.