Crime & Safety
Brief: Manchester Man Indicted in Monmouth Prescription Fraud
Jason A. Pinto, 36, charged with forgery and obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud
A Manchester Man was indicted last week by a Monmouth County grand jury on two counts stemming from improperly obtaining a narcotic drug.
Jason A. Pinto, 36, of Pulham Court in Manchester, was charged by the grand jury on May 18 with forgery, a third degree crime, when he allegedly used a prescription blank without authorization on Dec. 10, 2010 in Long Branch.
The second count — obtaining a controlled dangergous substance by fraud — alleges that the prescription blank was then used to acquire oxycodone through "misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge."
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