The Florida Attorney General’s Office is waiting 30 days before reviewing the private prescription records of thousands of clients who used the services of Signature Pharmacy. Clients of Signature Pharmacy have 30 days to file a written objection to prevent an invasion of their prescription records by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution. If the State of Florida does not receive a written objection, they may use and submit your prescription records in a state case against Signature Pharmacy.
The Albany County District Attorney’s steroid distribution case against Signature Pharmacy (Operation Which Doctor) was recently dismissed due to the incompetence of prosecutor David Soares. As a result, David Soares is not permitted to seek charges against Signature Pharmacy effectively wasting millions of dollars from the coffers of Albany County.
The Florida Attorney General’s is hoping that David Soares has not irreparably damaged a criminal case against against Stan and Naomi Loomis, the Signature Pharmacy owners, pharmacist Michael Loomis or Signature Pharmacy employees Kirk Calvert and Anthony Palladino.
Apparently, prosecutors in Florida feel they can obtain a new set of evidence through a review of prescription records. The new evidence could potentially be used against Signature Pharmacy in a steroid and growth hormone distribution case thereby avoiding double jeopardy.
Clients of Signature Pharmacy recently received a letter from the desk of William N. Shepherd, the Statewide Prosecutor for the Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. The text of the undated letter reads as follows:
Re: The Matter of Search Warrant For Premises Known As 1200 Kuhl Avenue, Orlando, Florida, And The Premises Known as 2304 Aloma Avenue, Winter Park, Florida, Case no.: CI07-OC-1237
OSWP# 2004-0456-ORLTo Whom It May Concern:
The purpose of this correspondence is to put you on notice that your prescription records were seized pursuant to a search warrant executed at Signature Pharmacy, located at 1200 Kuhl Avenue, Orlando, Florida and 2304 Aloma Avenue, Winter Park, Florida, on February 27, 2007. If you object to a review of your prescription records by the undersigned Assistant Statewide Prosecutor and her law enforcement agents, you must file a written objection within thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of this correspondence with the Clerk of Circuit Court for Osceola County, located at Two Courthouse Square, Ste. 2000, Kissimmee, Florida 34741. Thank you for your time and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Anne Wedge-McMillen
The Attorney General’s Office could potentially use prescription records as evidence in a future criminal prosecution by Florida against Signature Pharmacy.
Letter to Clients of Signature Pharmacy from the Florida Attorney General (PDF)
About the author
Millard writes about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs and their use and impact in sport and society. He discusses the medical and non-medical uses of anabolic-androgenic steroids while advocating a harm reduction approach to steroid education.
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