East Windsor Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Oxycodone Offense

BRIDGEPORT, CT — An East Windsor resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Jayson Kemp, 45, admitted his role in a scheme to acquire and distribute oxycodone obtained through fraudulent prescriptions before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden. He is released on a $150,000 pending sentencing, which is not yet scheduled, Avery said.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Kemp obtained blank prescription paper from employees of various Connecticut medical practices. He kept some for himself and sold some, for thousands of dollars, to other individuals, including Oral Welborn, who resided in Hartford, Avery said.

Kemp, Welborn and another co-conspirator then recruited “runners,” who typically were individuals who received Medicaid and Medicare benefits, to fill fraudulent prescriptions at various pharmacies. Kemp, Welborn and the other co-conspirator filled out each prescription with the runner’s identifying information and forged a doctor’s signature on the prescription. The runner then filled the fraudulent prescription at a pharmacy, generally using their Medicaid or Medicare benefits, and provided the pills to Kemp, Welborn and their co-conspirator in exchange for approximately $50 per prescription. Kemp, Welborn and their co-conspirator then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions, Avery said.

Kemp, Welborn and their co-conspirator were responsible for filling at least 150 fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone, almost all of which were for 150 30-mg oxycodone pills, according to Avery.

Kemp was arrested Aug. 2, 2019. Welborn pleaded guilty to the same charge on March 10, 2020, and awaits sentencing. Their co-conspirator, whom Avery did not name, was charged and convicted in state court.