CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — Three co-defendants of Dr. Edita Milan were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a conspiracy to distribute prescription pills through the doctor’s Bridgeport office.
Lois Crites, 50, of Fairmont served as the doctor’s office manager from August 2010 until the office was closed in June 2013 after the execution of numerous federal search warrants. She pled guilty in June to conspiracy to distribute Schedule II and III controlled substances and was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Crites’ son, Daniel J. Quirk, 30, also of Fairmont, pleaded guilty in June to distributing hydrocodone and was sentenced to 12 months incarceration with six months to be served in prison followed by six months of home detention and 2 years of supervised release.
Brandi Mayo, 30, of Weston pleaded guilty in June to using a communication facility to illegally obtain hydrocodone and was sentenced to one year probation with eight months to be served on home confinement with electronic monitoring.
The convictions were the result of a over two year investigation led by the Greater Harrison County Drug Task Force, which began with citizen complaints Dr. Milan’s prescription writing practices.
Crites admitted her involvement with distributing more than 400 oxycodone pills and 25,000 hydrocodone pills through the doctor’s office.
Dr. Milan is scheduled for trial on November 5.