A former Allen County pharmacy employee has admitted to the theft and distribution of prescription painkillers.
Lynn Harper Denton entered a guilty plea Tuesday in federal court in Bowling Green to two charges in a seven-count indictment.
Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky say the 46-year-old Denton stole hydrocodone pills from her employer, Stovall’s Prescription Shop in Scottsville over a five-month period in 2012. The retail value of the stolen hydrocodone was nearly $30,000.
Denton admitted selling the pills to co-conspirator Katherine Virginia Rookstool, who is charged with selling the pills Jeffrey Clay Stinson, who sold them on the street. Stinson pleaded guilty to federal charges and is awaiting sentencing. Rookstool is scheduled to go on trial next month.
Denton faces up to 30 years in prison at sentencing, though prosecutors will recommend a term at the lower end of the sentencing range.
As part of the plea agreement, Denton will forfeit more than $5,700 and two vehicles. She will also make restitution to her former employer.
