Nurse Charged With Writing Fake Prescriptions For Oxycodone

WINTER HAVEN, FL—A registered nurse practitioner is facing multiple charges for writing fraudulent prescriptions for the highly addictive narcotic, Oxycodone.

On Friday, Dec. 1, Polk County Sheriff’s Office undercover detectives arrested former Polk County Sheriff’s legal assistant Jodi Levins, 52, of 737 Waterbridge Drive, S.W., Winter Haven, on 32 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.

Levins, a registered nurse practitioner, was arrested at her workplace, Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine, 1021 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland.

The sheriff’s office began investigating Levins on Nov. 2 after a doctor Levins worked with told deputies she was using his prescription pad to write bogus prescriptions for Oxycodone.

When detectives followed up, they discovered that Levins had written fake prescriptions for 10 patients between May and October. Most of the patients live in assisted living facilities and were unaware that the drug was being prescribed in their names.

Levins was identified in seven surveillance videos picking up prescriptions for Oxycodone from the pharmacies at the Quick N Save, 722 East Memorial Blvd., Lakeland, and Publix, 2515 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland.

Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, Levins worked for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office from 1987 to 2005.

In addition to the 32 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, Levins is charged with six counts of criminal use of personal identification and seven counts of trafficking in Oxycodone.

She was taken into custody and booked into the Polk County Jail. The Drug Enforcement Agency is in the process of revoking her nurse practitioner’s license.

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