Letcher pharmacy tech, father indicted in trafficking case
Channel: Mountain Top News
Date: 2017-09-15

A pharmacy tech in Letcher County arrested last month for alleged prescription and computer fraud has now been formally charged in the case, along with her father.
30-year-old Lori Swindall, of Jenkins, and her father, 53-year-old Terry “Fuzz” Fugate, of Mayking, were indicted this week by a Letcher County Grand Jury as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. Swindall was arrested late last month and charged in Letcher District Court.
According to this week’s indictment, between August 2015 and December 2016, Swindall and Fugate worked in complicity with one another to traffic in the prescription drugs Lortab and Subutex. Swindall is also charged with obtaining prescription drugs by fraud and using the computer at her former employer, Boggs Pharmacy at the Cavalier Drug Store, to obtain the drugs.
The Letcher County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigation the case, said the investigation is ongoing, and more charges could be filed.
Both Lori Swindall and Terry Fugate were lodged in the Letcher County jail, but have since been released on bond. For a full listing of their indictment charges, visit www.EKBTV.com.