VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- A 29-year-old Long Island man was indicted on Thursday for using forged prescriptions to acquire more than 13,000 opioid pills and morphine over the course of nine months, according to Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
James Cosentino allegedly stole prescription pads from doctors offices in Inwood and Valley Stream which he then used to forge prescriptions.
Between December 2021 and April 2022, he went to area pharmacies to exchange forged prescriptions for oxycodone and morphine, according to prosecutors.
“This defendant has, on several occasions, allegedly used forged prescriptions to obtain large quantities of opioids, including Oxycodone and Morphine, from pharmacies around Nassau County,” said Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “Again and again, Cosentino allegedly used these forged prescription pads – stolen from doctors’ offices – to get his hands on thousands of pills.”
Cosentino was already facing forged prescription charges that he was indicted for in Dec. 2021.
He was again arrested for the same crime in April 2022 and now faces additional charges for criminal possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
If convicted, he faces up to nine years in prison.
His next court date is scheduled for Aug. 3.
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