Snow charged with forging hydrocodone prescriptions

An Eckerd employee faces drug fraud charges after he allegedly wrote fake prescriptions for hundreds of pills.

The suspect, Jason Snow, is charged with theft and prescription fraud and will face preliminary hearing in general sessions court June 5.

Snow was charged after it was reportedly discovered by the company?s loss prevention agent that he had been writing his own prescriptions and having them filled at the store?s pharmacy. An investigation revealed the prescriptions were not the work of a doctor, but were instead allegedly being done by Snow, who was writing them in a family member?s name.

Police say Snow would then purchased the false prescriptions at a greatly reduced price, committing the drug fraud on five days in April. His biggest theft was hydrocodone, of which lawmen say he stole 270 doses. He also reportedly stole 60 doses of Alprazolam using the fraudulent prescriptions.

Additional arrests could be made if it is discovered Snow had an accomplice working with him.