Oneida Woman Arrested For Fraudulently Trying To Obtain Pain Killers

Oneida, TN (2011-02-17) An Oneida woman faces multiple charges following a failed attempt to obtain a powerful painkiller from a local pharmacy.

Beverly A. Sims, 53, of Oneida was arrested on Wednesday by the Oneida Police Department after she allegedly attempted to obtain the powerful painkiller Hydrocodone from an Oneida pharmacy. According to an arrest warrant filed by K-9 Officer Floyd Sexton of the Oneida Police Department, Sims allegedly called a local pharmacy on Wednesday claiming to be Ann Smith, a nurse from a Huntsville medical practice. When the technician at the pharmacy didn’t recognize the name or voice, she reportedly became suspicious and telephoned the doctor’s office for verification. That’s when, according to authorities, the pharmacy learned the person didn’t exist and telephoned the police department.

Sexton, along with Chief Darryl Laxton, went to the pharmacy and waited for the suspect, then known as Cletis Boles, the name Sims’s allegedly used on the prescription, to arrive. After Sims picked up the medication and signed Boles’ name to the registry, Laxton and Sexton, who had been waiting for her in the back of the store, arrested her on site.

Sims was charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, forgery, and possession of a schedule III controlled substance, Hydrocodone.