Montclair Pair Arrested on Prescription Fraud Charges

Cedar Grove police arrested two Montclair women Thursday, March 28 on prescription fraud charges one day after the women allegedly attempted to fill several prescriptions for controlled-dangerous substances, officials said.

Marcia L. McCotter, 64, and Sara F. McCotter, 68 allegedly attempted to fill numerous prescriptions at the CVS Pharmacy located at 387 Pompton Ave. in Cedar Grove for Tylenol with Codeine ― a controlled-dangerous substance (CDS) ― with fraudulent, stolen prescription slips, police said.

The pharmacist became suspicious of the number of prescriptions McCotter wanted to fill on Wednesday, March 27, Cedar Grove Police Chief Richard Vanderstreet said. The women left the prescriptions with the pharmacist to be picked up later, officials said.

“The pharmacist called the doctor and found out they had not written the prescription,” said Vanderstreet.

The next day, the women were called into the Cedar Grove police station for questioning about the prescriptions. After interviewing the women, the women were arrested, Vanderstreet said.

“Marcia McCotter was charged with the theft of the prescription blanks, stolen from a Cedar Grove doctor she worked for, forgery and obtaining CDS by fraud,” police said. “Sara McCotter was charged with obtaining CDS by fraud,” Vanderstreet said.

Both women were processed at police headquarters and released pending Thursday, April 4 Superior Court arraignments in Newark.