Crime & Safety

Police: Amityville Woman Falsely Requested Prescriptions from Seaford CVS

The defendant allegedly falsely communicated oral prescriptions over the telephone on five occasions in 2011.

An Amityville woman was arrested Thursday afternoon for illegally communicating oral prescriptions over the telephone on five occasions in 2011, including several calls to a Seaford CVS.

According to Nassau County detectives, on Oct. 18, Diane Bonser, 43, called the Walgreens Pharmacy located at 4360 Sunrise Highway in Massapequa and, acting as a doctor, requested prescriptions be filled for two types of opiate painkillers. 

On Oct. 28, Bonser called the Walmart Pharmacy located at 200 Sunrise Mall in Massapequa and, acting as a representative from a doctor's office, requested prescriptions be filled for two types of opiate painkillers, police said.

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According to police, more than one month later, on Dec. 13, 15 and 19, Bonser called the CVS Pharmacy located at 2250 Seamans Neck Road in Seaford and, on all three dates, acted as a representative from a doctor's office, requesting one prescription be filled for an opiate painkiller.

Bonser was arrested on Thursday at her home and charged with four counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, two counts of identity theft in the second degree and criminal impersonation in the first degree. She will be arraigned on Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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