Amanda Pappert, 30, of Kettering, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges after an investigation into forged prescriptions at Dayton pharmacies. She and Christian Fannon, 34, are suspected of creating and selling dozens of forged painkiller prescriptions for Oxycodone, Percocet and Vicodin, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Pappert has been a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at the Huber Heights elementary school since 2008. She has been on paid leave since the beginning of the school year for other circumstances, Superintendent Susan Gunnell confirmed. She did not elaborate on those circumstances.
“I received information from law enforcement Tuesday that she was being charged with federal drug-related charges,” Gunnell said. “At that point in time, our office completed an educator misconduct form and sent it to the Ohio Department of Education.”
Pappert had applied for a coaching position with the high school basketball cheerleading squad, but resigned from the position before the season started, Gunnell said. She had been present for a total of 22 days since the school year started.
Pappert is a Kettering Fairmont High School graduate with a bachelor’s degree in middle childhood education and a master’s degree in education from Wright State University, according to her profile on the social networking website LinkedIn.
Gunnell said that the situation will be referred to human resources on Monday and that the school will cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation.
“If anyone has any information, please contact the law enforcement agencies that were identified in the investigation,” Gunnell said.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in a news release that the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission task force launched an investigation “when it became clear that these forged prescriptions were being passed off, not only in Dayton, but throughout the Miami Valley.”
“While we believe that we arrested the two main players in this operation today, it is very likely that additional co-conspirators will be taken into custody in the future,” DeWine said.
The attorney general’s office said the charges against Pappert and Fannon include: conspiracy to traffic in drugs, knowingly or intentionally manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture distribute, or dispense, schedule II and schedule IV controlled substances, use of a communication device in furtherance of a drug conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit an offense.
FIRST REPORT 11/25/2014
A Kettering couple was arrested today on several drug-related charges after an investigation into forged prescriptions at Dayton pharmacies.
They are suspected of creating and selling dozens of forged painkiller prescriptions for Oxycodone, Percocet and Vicodin, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Christian Fannon, 34, and Amanda Pappert, 30, were taken into custody on federal charges after a search of their home this morning.
Attorney General Mike DeWine said in a news release that Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission task force launched their investigation “when it became clear that these forged prescriptions were being passed off, not only in Dayton, but throughout the Miami Valley.”
“While we believe that we arrested the two main players in this operation today, it is very likely that additional co-conspirators will be taken into custody in the future,” he said.
The investigation included officers from Centerville, Kettering, Germantown, Dayton and other agencies.
The attorney general’s office said the charges against the couple include: conspiracy to traffic in drugs, knowingly or intentionally manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture distribute, or dispense, schedule II and schedule IV controlled substances, use of a communication device in furtherance of a drug conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit an offense.
They also face charges for illegal acquisition or use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, wire fraud, and health care fraud for their alleged misuse of Ohio Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and their alleged misuse of Medicaid benefits, according to the attorney general.
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