SAN ANTONIO ā A local ophthalmologist is seeking answers months after her prescription pad was stolen and used over 100 times.
When Dr. Jean Holt reported the crime to police, she thought there'd be action.
"(I'm) shocked and angry that I would be taken advantage of in that way," Holt said.
She even told police who did it, but Holt is wondering why this alleged fraud artist is still on the streets.
"Yes, I do feel like someone hasn't quite done their job," Holt said.
Hydrocodone is a a potentially addictive prescription narcotic meant for pain. So when Holt was asked by HEB store security if she was writing prescriptions for the drug, she knew the answer.
"In my practice, if you need something more than an Extra Strength Tylenol, you need another doctor," Holt said.
Documents from the Drug Enforcement Agency show in one year, 115 Hydrocodone prescriptions -- with refills -- were written on Holt's prescription pad. Once at a Walgreens and once at Walmart, all the rest at HEB Pharmacies spread across San Antonio and as far away as Kerrville. On the street, Hydrocodone can be sold for $2 to $5 dollars per pill.
According to Holt, the HEB investigator told her they had video and copies of the prescriptions and that she wasn't the only doctor victimized.
"They (HEB) felt that it was a small family ring that they thought had been going on since 2009," Holt said.
An office employee was fired for the theft. Holt went to the San Antonio Police Department last September with the evidence.
As of Monday, nothing has happened. Instead of an arrest, the SAPD investigators filed an "at large" complaint with the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, asking their legal opinion of the case.
When asked if the chain of events is unusual for a narcotics case, SAPD Public Information Officer Douglas Greene said there may more information than what has been made known.
"Right, right. Well there may be something else to it that I haven't been privy to the information yet," Greene said.
Five months after she first called, and in spite of being the case information being forwarded to the DA's office, Holt said an SAPD Narcotics Investigator has yet to interview her.
"No, did not interview me, and did not come out to my office. Well I thought it was odd, but I don't know police procedures," Holt said.
Greene said the Police Department takes these cases seriously and they have assigned several narcotics officers to this type of crime.
HEB wouldn't comment on the investigation or the fact their stores were seemingly taken advantage of.
