Police: Local Vet Confesses To Drugging Boyfriend

Dec 19, 2008 11:56 pm US/Eastern

Police: Local Vet Confesses To Drugging Boyfriend

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Dr. Cynthia Maro is now facing drug charges and a charge of recklessly endangering another person.

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The drug was prescribed for a dog, but investigators say a local veterinarian confessed to secretly giving it to her boyfriend instead.

Investigators say that Dr. Cynthia Maro, who works at the Ellwood Animal Hospital in Lawrence County, confessed to them that on a few occasions she spiked her boyfriend's protein shakes with the drug.

Authorities say Dr. Maro allegedly asked a veterinary technician to do her a favor, she would write a prescription for the drug, Adderal, in the name of the tech's dog.

Police say the tech, identified as Connie Glaven, would then have the prescription filled and give the capsules to Maro. It allegedly happened twice.

Glaven is now facing a conspiracy charge.

According to court papers, Maro first told investigators that she gave the drug to her son's dog, but later confessed she gave it to her boyfriend.

Officials say she told the investigators who came to visit her that her boyfriend was abusive and she thought it might help control his behavior.

Adderall is prescribed for attention deficit disorder in humans.

Dr. Maro allegedly said she slipped it into her boyfriend's nutritional supplements and protein shakes without him knowing, authorities say.

KDKA's David Highfield reports that Maro is not in jail, but no one answered the door Friday evening when he knocked.

A neighbor told KDKA that Maro is a nice woman.

She is now facing drug charges and a charge of recklessly endangering another person.

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