BILL OF INFORMATION IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, CHARGING UNLAWFUL DISPENSATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
BATON ROUGE, LA th United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced DONALD P. AUZINE, age 38, of Prairieville, Louisiana, was charged in a Bill of Information yesterday with the unlawful dispensation of controlled substances. If convicted, AUZINE faces a maximum sentence of twenty years imprisonment, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
(Media-Newswire.com) - BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced DONALD P. AUZINE, age 38, of Prairieville, Louisiana, was charged in a Bill of Information yesterday with the unlawful dispensation of controlled substances. If convicted, AUZINE faces a maximum sentence of twenty years imprisonment, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
The Bill alleges that AUZINE was a physician registered by the DEA to dispense controlled substances in the course of his professional practice. The bill charges that between June 2007 through March 2008, AUZINE either prescribed or directed the dispensing of the following controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of medical practice: Adderall, a Schedule II controlled substance; Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance; Hydrocodone, a Schedule III controlled substance; and Benzphetamine, a Schedule III controlled substance.
The charge resulted from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Baton Rouge City Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Joseph E. Blackwell.
For further information, contact David R. Dugas, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, or Lyman Thornton, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, at ( 225 ) 389-0443.
NOTE: A bill of information is merely an accusation by the United States Attorney that an offense has been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty at trial.
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