Story out of Fairmont, West Virginia:
As of Thursday afternoon, Fairmont police had identified three women as victims of what they allege was a doctor’s scheme to trade pain prescriptions for sex.
And one of those women alleged she was victimized starting in 2013, or about two years after Fairmont’s Three Rivers Drug Task Force had asked the office of U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II to pursue charges against Dr. Eugenio Menez. That’s according to Fairmont Police Lt. Douglas Yost and Chief Steve Shine.
Ihlenfeld’s office didn’t consider the evidence strong enough to seek a federal indictment, even though Fairmont police thought it was, Yost said.
The investigation wasn’t dead, but it was stalled.
But about a month ago, the woman who alleged she’d been victimized starting in 2013 came forward. That, Shine said, re-energized the investigation.
If convicted, Menez could face 1-15 years, and a fine of up to $25,000, on each count, the magistrate explained. Cont.
Story from - The Exponent Telegram
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