Officials arrest alleged ringleader in northern Arizona opioid ring
Nov 6, 2017, 5:12 PM
PHOENIX — The alleged ringleader of an opioid ring in northern Arizona has been arrested, the Attorney General’s office announced Monday.
According to Attorney General Mark Brnovich, 29-year-old Amanda Lee Doyle was arrested one week after she was on the run after allegedly writing fake prescriptions to sell opioids in Bullhead City.
IN CUSTODY: Police arrested Amanda Doyle the alleged leader of an AZ opioid ring. A citizen recognized Doyle from news reports & called AZAG pic.twitter.com/MlyyANEIm2
— Mark Brnovich (@GeneralBrnovich) November 6, 2017
A grand jury indicted Doyle on 26 felony charges for the claim on Oct. 30, Brnovich said.
She was employed as a medical billing assistant employed at Silver Creek Medical Associates in Bullhead City when she allegedly used her job to create fake prescriptions for opioids.
According to Brnovich, Doyle allegedly created fake patient profiles in the facility’s system in order to write the prescriptions.
Officials with Silver Creek Medical Associates said they never saw those patients.
Doyle would allegedly write fake prescriptions and demand that those patients “give her back a portion of the pills after the prescriptions were filled.”
Seven other people have also been indicted for their alleged involvement with the opioid ring, the Attorney General’s office said. Two of them were arrested in California, one was arrested in Bullhead City and two others were served with summons.
One unidentified defendant has not yet been served with the indictment, Brnovich said.
