Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 10, 2006 14:43:32 GMT -5
Officer Scott Anderson
03/10/2006 - Collier County sheriff's deputies arrested one of their own Thursday on prescription drug-related charges — the same officer charged last month with driving under the influence of medications.
Lt. Scott K. Anderson, 41, was arrested on a warrant charging him with three counts of withholding information from a practitioner, in an attempt to obtain controlled substances between Feb. 6 and Feb. 14.
All of the drugs contain opiate derivatives, and are pain management drugs, Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Brigid O'Malley said.
Officer Anderson, a 24-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, was arrested Feb. 15 on a driving under the influence charge after he crashed into another vehicle while on duty in East Naples.
At the time of his arrest, Anderson's attorney, Donald Day, said Anderson suffers from a chronic back injury that could have caused the crash.
The new charges allege Anderson made a request for a controlled substance from a medical practitioner without telling him or her that he already received the prescription from another doctor within the previous 30 days.
Anderson's bond was set at $15,000. He has been suspended without pay from the Sheriff's Office pending the outcome of a review, authorities said.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted an outside and impartial review of the evidence in this case, as requested by Sheriff Don Hunter, O'Malley said.
Anderson was demoted from corporal to deputy in 1989 after he crashed into the Clam Pass Park gatehouse. Anderson told deputies at the time that he was drinking and driving, but they didn't ask him to take a field sobriety test.
The State Attorney's Office didn't file a charge, because they couldn't prove Anderson was the driver, or that he was impaired.
Anderson's wife also was arrested Feb. 15 in a separate incident involving prescription drugs.
Roxanne Anderson, 41, was found to be in possession of blank prescription forms after she nearly crashed her car into a deputy's patrol car, authorities said.