Times staff
Friday, October 1, 2010
WESLEY CHAPEL — A pharmacist is accused of using stolen and forged prescription forms to get hydrocodone.
James M. Maister, 45, of Wesley Chapel was arrested Thursday and charged with three counts of attempting to obtain controlled substances by fraud.
The Florida Department of Health shows Maister's pharmacy license is clear and active and that he works at University Community Hospital.
Documents state Maister's license was revoked in 2002 for fraudulently obtaining Buprenex, a narcotic controlled substance, and his license was reinstated in 2003.
Maister's told a deputy he has an addiction problem and has enrolled in a treatment program, according to a report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
He was released from the Pasco County jail on $6,000 bail.