9 Months In Prison For Man Who Sold His Oxycodone Prescriptions

HARTFORD, CT — Rodney Cote, 54, of Waterford, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for selling his oxycodone prescription pills. Cote was getting a monthly script of 120, 80 mg pills and selling them for $2,000 in cash. Prosecutors said he'd been filling the prescription, and selling it, for three years.

He'll serve nine months, then six months of home confinement which will be followed by three years of supervised release.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in February of 2018, authorities learned he was selling pills and so, "on four occasions between May and July 2018, investigators made controlled purchases of 120 pills from Cote in exchange for $2,000."

On Sept. 20, 2018, investigators purchased 240 pills for $5,000. Cote was arrested on Nov. 7, 2018, after he agreed to sell another 240 pills.

On March 4, 2019, Cote pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, oxycodone.

As part of his sentence, Cote was ordered to forfeit $19,700.

Cote, who is released on a $75,000 bond, was ordered to report to prison on April 7, 2020.