Published December 23, 2008 09:14 am - Connie Fay Glavan, a veterinary technician, also faces charges after her boss was accused of attempting to drug her boyfriend.
ALLEGED DRUGGING: Veterinarian’s employee also faces charges
By Nancy Lowry
New Castle News
Connie Fay Glavan, a veterinary technician, also faces charges after her boss was accused of attempting to drug her boyfriend.
Glavan, 38, of 601 Denny Drive was charged with one count of criminal conspiracy to violate the controlled substance act and with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
Court papers filed Friday indicate the charges stem from Glavan’s alleged compliance in providing 50 Adderall capsules to Dr. Cynthia Maro.
Maro, 46, whose veterinary practice is at 728 Lawrence Ave., is charged with criminal conspiracy to violate the controlled substance act; acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, forgery or deception; dispensing, delivery or providing a controlled substance by a practitioner, which is a violation of the controlled substance act; and recklessly endangering another person.
Glavan is employed at Maro’s Ellwood City and Chippewa animal hospitals.
Both women were arraigned Friday morning before District Judge Jerry Cartwright and released on non-monetary bail. Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for Jan. 14 in Lawrence County Central Court.
Narcotics agents with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control, who filed the charges, said that in addition to obtaining and providing controlled drugs on Aug. 8 and Sept. 18, Glavan conspired with Maro to unlawfully acquire Adderall, a controlled substance.
Maro is alleged to have tampered with her now ex-boyfriend’s vitamin supplements.
According to the complaint, Maro wrote several prescriptions for Adderall for an employee’s dog, Kaiser. The employee then allegedly filled the prescriptions and gave the drug to Maro.
Adderall is used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy in humans and for hyperactivity in animals. It is often used in dog training.
According to the criminal complaint, investigators received an anonymous letter in September alleging possible illegal activities at Maro’s office.
The letter alleged that Maro had prescribed Adderall in the name of Kaiser Glavan, a dog that belongs to Maro’s office manager. The letter stated that Glavan allegedly filled the prescription then gave the drug to Maro, who allegedly added it to herbal supplements taken by her boyfriend.
Court papers said ultimately two prescriptions for Adderall, in the name of the dog, were filled by Glavan and provided to Maro.
Glavan told agents her dog did not receive any of the drugs, and she did not know what use Maro had for them.
On Oct. 2, the complaint said, agents interviewed Maro at the Ellwood City facility. The veterinarian confirmed the Adderall was never intended to be given to Glavan’s dog, the complaint stated, but was given to her son’s dog, Spots, to control its behavior. She allegedly told agents she did not believe it was legal for her to write the prescription in the name of her son’s dog.
After further questioning, she allegedly confessed that “on a few occasions” she mixed small amounts of Adderall with nutritional supplements including protein shakes, consumed by her boyfriend, who had no idea he was ingesting the drug.
She described the boyfriend as “abusive” in their relationship and thought the drug would help her to control his behavior. Agents said she told them her intention was to observe the boyfriend and if his behavior improved, to enlist the aid of his mother to convince him to take Adderall prescribed by a physician.
Following the interview, agents said, Maro voluntarily surrendered her privileges to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
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