Police took Mr. Perch into custody at Volusia County Branch Jail Tuesday morning. He was charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, trafficking 14 to 28 grams of hydrocodone and concealing information to obtain prescription of a controlled substance, according to the article. He posted $10,000 bail and was released two hours later.
The DEA reportedly began investigating Mr. Perch two years ago after a pharmacist in Ormond Beach contacted police regarding a possible case of prescription fraud, according to the article. Police contacted the physician who later told them he did not phone in the suspicious prescription. Mr. Perch was later identified on surveillance video picking up the fraudulent hydrocodone prescription.
According to police, two of the fraudulent prescriptions were reportedly phoned in from Daytona Beach-based Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center and a third was called in from Florida Hospital Oceanside. Mr. Perch serves as the executive director of rehabilitation services at FHMMC and as an administrator at FHO.
Authorities reportedly reviewed Mr. Perch’s prescription profile and found he had violated state law by obtaining hydrocodone and oxycodone from more than one physician during a 30-day period, according to the article.
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