CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — Another defendant involved in an alleged pill mill operation in Harrison County has been sentenced in federal court.
Andrea Nicole Shepard, 24, of Fairmont, was sentenced Wednesday to four months and 20 days in prison to be followed by one month and ten days of home detention.
While employed in Dr. Edita Milan’s Bridgeport office, Shepard used the text messaging functionality on her mobile phone to arrange the unlawful sale of prescription painkillers. She entered a guilty plea in June 2014 to one count of aiding and abetting the use of a communication facility to distribute buprenorphine.
The plea came after an investigation by the Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, which began after citizen complaints surrounding prescription writing practices of Dr. Milan. Milan’s trial is scheduled to begin January 5.
Shepard was given credit for time served and released.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parr prosecuted the case on behalf of the government, while U.S. District Irene M. Keeley presided.