Woman Attempted to Fill Fake Prescription in Trumbull: PD

TRUMBULL, CT — A Brooklyn woman was arrested after she tried to fill a fraudulent prescription at the CVS located inside the Target store on Hawley Lane, police said.

Police were called Jan. 16 after an employee felt the man calling in a prescription for cough syrup with codeine was suspicious. The caller had a valid DEA number for prescriptions and pretended to be from a doctor's office.

Police called the doctor's office in question and learned that the prescription didn't originate from the office and was fraudulent, police said.

An officer waited for the suspect to make a move and attempt to pick up the prescription.

Bryana Morales, 18, was apprehended by police. She said a man told her to just go and pick up the prescription, police said. The same male suspect called the Target at the mall in an attempt to fill a similar prescription.

Morales didn't tell police how the DEA number was obtained, police said.

She was charged with criminal attempt at obtaining a prescription, conspiracy and other drug charges.

Police originally placed a $100,000 bond on her, but it was reduced to a promise to appear by a bail commissioner.