Caught Trying to Pass Forged Prescription

Last week, Wilkesboro Police arrested a Moravian Falls woman for passing a forged prescription at a local pharmacy.  Wilkes Family Pharmacy called police when they received the forged prescription from a woman at the drive-through window.  The Pharmacy contacted the office of the prescribing physician.  The office, Mountain View Medical, explained that the doctor in question had his license suspended and was no longer at their officer.  Police arrived at Wilkes Pharmacy and asked the woman to pull to an empty parking place where she was asked about the forged prescription.  The prescription was for two narcotic pain-medications.  The woman, Contessa Marley, said her husband got her the fake prescription but said she didn’t know how.  Marley was arrested and charged with 2 felony counts of obtaining controlled substances by forgery and placed under a 1500 dollar bond.  Her court date is set for January 18^th.   From 2003 to 2005 Wilkes County was first in the nation for overdoses from prescription medication.  In 2007 officials locally began to really cracked down on prescription mis-use and abuse.  Doctors, pharmacies, the hospital, the health department, and many others now work together and have greatly reduced the amount of deaths and ER admittances from prescription drug abuse.