Rebirth Of The Pill Mills

South Florida has changed a lot in the past few decades. Your kids will roll their eyes and call you “Florida Man” if you reminisce about how the housing development you are driving past used to be a swamp, teeming with alligators, and when you first learned to drive, you would park there and blast the classic rock station on your radio, only wishing that someone would notice that you were cool because you had a drivers’ license. The Panera used to be a family owned pizzeria, and the vape shop used to sell used CDs, even though people smoked almost as much weed there in the old days as they do today. Perhaps one day an offspring of yours will be in an inquisitive mood and ask what changed, and you will be able to go full Once-ler and talk about how the pain clinic moved into the plaza, and eventually it became deserted. It was not inflation or iTunes that caused your old buddies to flee; it was drugs. But those were the old days, you will say; today people order drugs from the Internet instead of procuring them from shady doctors’ offices and pharmacies in strip malls. You would be mostly correct, but a recent drug trafficking case has all the hallmarks of the early 2010s. If you are facing criminal charges related to prescription drugs sourced from a dubious pharmacy, contact a Tampa drug crime lawyer.

Tampa Woman Could Face a Maximum Sentence of 120 Years for Illegally Distributing Narcotics From Broward Pharmacies

A pharmacy in a Pembroke Pines shopping center drew suspicion from customers and employees of the other stores in the plaza. The store was often locked during the daytime, even during times when the sign on its door said that it was open. The only customers who could enter were the ones that the employees seemed to recognize; they did not open the doors for just anyone. People could see from the outside that the shelves were mostly empty, not stocked with over-the-counter medications and personal care items, like you would expect from a strip mall pharmacy.

When police began to investigate, they found that the same thing was going on with another pharmacy at a strip mall in Margate. The owner of both pharmacies is a woman from Tampa, and she was eventually charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking. Each count faces a 20-year sentence. If she is convicted on all counts, it could mean a 120-year sentence if the court orders her to serve the sentences consecutively instead of concurrently. The defendant is 60 years old as of 2026. News reports did not indicate whether she has entered a plea. She may be acquitted, or she may be able to reduce the penalties through a plea deal.

Contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Bryant Scriven

A criminal defense lawyer can help you get justice if you are facing criminal charges for illegal distribution of prescription drugs.  Contact Scriven Law in Tampa, Florida to schedule a consultation.

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local10.com/news/local/2026/07/23/pharmacist-convicted-of-massive-oxycodone-distribution-conspiracy-from-2-broward-storefronts/