Former Dental Assistant Charged with Fraud
Posted/updated on: January 20, 2012 at 9:48 am
ANGELINA COUNTY — A former Lufkin dental assistant turned herself in Wednesday on four counts of prescription fraud. Heather Terry of Huntington, a former Palmer Dental employee, is out of the Angelina County Jail on a collective $20,000 bond.
In the last year, Terry allegedly wrote prescriptions using fraudulent authorization from Dr. Amy Ross and Dr. David Palmer. According to Lufkin Police, at least two of the four counts involve prescriptions for the drug hydrocodone. Terry faces up to 10 years in prison for the third-degree felony charges.
