Pembroke doctor sentenced to 20 years in prison for writing illegal narcotic prescriptions
RALEIGH — A Pembroke doctor was sentenced Monday in federal court to 20 years in prison for distributing hundreds of illegal prescriptions for narcotic painkillers, according to a news release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.Donovan Dave Dixon, 51, of Fayetteville, was convicted in April, after a four-day trial, with 20 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate […]
