Crime & Safety
Moundville Woman Sentenced For Practicing Medicine Without A License
A Moundville woman will serve a little more than a year and a half in prison after pleading guilty to practicing medicine without a license.
TUSCALOOSA, AL — A Hale County woman will serve a little more than a year and a half in prison after pleading guilty last month to numerous charges, including practicing medicine without a license and attempting to commit a controlled substance crime at a clinic in Tuscaloosa.
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Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Jim Roberts on Wednesday sentenced Ellory Kate Johnson, 31, of Moundville, to 115 months in prison with 19 months to serve. What's more, the conditions of her probation will require psychological evaluation and following the recommendations of the court following her release.
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As Patch previously reported, Johnson entered the guilty plea in October, along with guilty pleas for charges of felony identity theft and first-degree theft.
The theft conviction comes after the director of Calvary Baptist Little Friends Daycare filed a police report to document $2,743.38 worth of unauthorized credit card charges that had been posted in April 2022 to the organization's account.
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The shipping address on the account had also been changed to a residence occupied by an associate of Johnson — who worked at the daycare as a staff scheduler for roughly a month during the same time of the transaction
Patch previously reported that the charges of practicing medicine without a license and attempting to commit a controlled substance crime resulted after the Tuscaloosa Police Department was notified in July that Johnson might be practicing medicine without a license at MentorUp Life Lab & Clinic on Jack Warner Parkway.
TPD's Criminal Investigations Division then spoke with a patient who had been prescribed a weight loss medication by Johnson.
Investigators subsequently conducted a search of the clinic, before interviewing and later arresting Johnson.
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