St. E's secretary and pals charged with using stolen prescription forms to obtain Oxycodone

A medical secretary at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center and five accomplices were indicted on drug trafficking charges today for allegedly using forms stolen from the hospital to obtain Oxycodone at area pharmacies, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports - and adds they were caught when they tried to refill some of the prescriptions.

Jillian Curran, 28, of Brighton, whom St. Eliabeth's fired the day after they traced one of the prescriptions to her, was arrested and arraigned on charges of trafficking in Oxycodone, possession of Oxycodone with intent to distribute, "uttering" a false prescription, and multiple counts of conspiracy to violate the state’s drug laws, the DA's office reports.

Dwayne Johnson, 36, Valentina Herrera, a.k.a. Jacqueline Otero-Diaz, 33, Jose Santiago, 23, and Jean Triolet, 49, all of Brighton, and Glendalys Santiago, 28, of Mattapan, were charged with trafficking in Oxycodone and conspiracy, the DA's office says.

A Suffolk Superior Court clerk-magistrate set bail at $1,000 for Curran and $500 each for the others. According to the DA's office:

Assistant District Attorney Macy Lee told the court that Curran allegedly forged more than two dozen prescriptions, primarily for 10mg tablets of Oxycodone in quantities of 60 tablets at a time. She allegedly wrote the prescriptions to herself and others from November 2016 through October 2017. The prescriptions, which appeared to be genuine, were filled at various pharmacies in the area.

On Oct. 17, 2017, staff at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center were notified of refill attempts on some of these prescriptions. They denied the refill authorizations, notified the Drug Enforcement Administration, and identified Curran as the person who had allegedly forged them. Curran was terminated from her position as a medical secretary the next day.

The ensuing investigation by the Boston Police Drug Control Unit, the DEA, the Suffolk DA’s Narcotics Unit, and state and federal public health agencies led to the recovery of prescription forms allegedly filled out by Curran and video footage of the defendants as they sought and obtained fulfillment of those prescriptions at area pharmacies.

Prosecutors say the hospital itself is not under investigation for any wrongdoing.

Innocent, etc.