A popular Lansdale doctor has plead no contest to two felony counts of unlawful prescribing, following a hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse earlier this morning.
Lawrence Miller, 49, of Warminster, was arrested in September 2018 and charged one felony count of corrupt organizations, 31 felony counts of unlawful prescribing, 18 misdemeanor counts of prescribing to drug dependent person(s) and one felony count of criminal use of communication facility. His Lansdale practice, located at 1000 Walnut Street, has been closed since authorities raided the location in June 2018.
According to court records, all remaining charges against Miller will be withdrawn. Kate Delano, the Director of Communications for the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, told North Penn Now that a sentencing hearing for Miller will be scheduled in roughly the next 60 to 90 days.
According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, a multi-agency investigation in 2018 revealed that Miller’s family practice “became a magnet for drug addicts and drug traffickers,” with nine of his patients dying from drug overdoses. The report states that the prescriptions issued by Miller put patients at a high risk for overdose, with some being as high as 10 times the maximum dosage recommended by national and state guidelines.
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The report alleges that Miller would often prescribe medication without a physical examination despite not having contact with the patient over long periods of time, and the report adds that Miller failed to utilize the mechanisms in place to ensure narcotics weren’t being diverted or abused.
Miller joined three other local doctors—Joseph F Cipriano, 56, of Norristown, Brian C. Keeley, 61, of Philadelphia, and Joseph M. Rybicki, 59, of Haddonfield, NJ,—in being charged as a result of the investigations. Keeley was sentenced yesterday to 4-to-20-years in state prison after being found guilty on three counts of unlawful prescribing and one count of corrupt organizations.
North Penn Now has been informed that Miller voluntarily surrendered his medical license since his arrest. ADA Price said that Miller voluntarily agreed to not practice medicine while on court-ordered supervision, and that he will be subject to further revocation from the state following the completion of his sentence.
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