Sunday, August 26, 2007

Psychiatrist charged with illegal drug sales, arrested during raid

The shrink in question is a 45 yr old mother with 2 grown sons. also arrested. From this police blotter, the final item in the list.

A mother and her two children were arrested Friday night in connection with an investigation into a Murrieta psychiatrist charged with selling prescriptions for addictive drugs, according to a Murrieta Police Department press release.

Janine Keating Hall, 45, was booked on suspicion of possession of controlled substances. Her 18-year-old son, Saege Michael Hall, was booked on suspicion of possession of controlled substances for sale. Her 22-year-old son, James Dylan Hall, was booked on suspicion of violating probation.

Murrieta detectives served a search warrant at the 29700 block of Calle Pantano in Temecula on Friday evening and said they found 38 grams of marijuana, Vicodin and Xanax. Murrieta police said the search warrant was in connection with an investigation into Dr. Joel Dreyer.

Dreyer was prescribing large amounts of addictive drugs such as painkillers Oxycontin and Vicodin for $100 per prescription, police said.

There may have been at least 50 people, ranging from patients to other medical professionals, who worked with Dreyer to divert medication to the black market, police have said.

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