Three Indicted in Oxycontin Drug Ring Conspiracy
Toms River, Keyport distribution mentioned in alleged state-wide operation.
Members of an alleged prescription drug ring that illegally distributed thousands of pills in Toms River and elsewhere in New Jersey were indicted last week, according to the state attorney general’s office. Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced the indictment Feb. 14 of an alleged ringleader, a doctor and a pharmacist in connection with a narcotics ring that defrauded Medicaid and distributed black market prescription pain pills such as OxyContin and Percocet in Hudson, Bergen, Monmouth and Ocean counties. The state indictment describes three North Jersey men as key figures in the ring: Dr. Clifton Howell of West Orange, Pharmacist Amir Tadros of Jersey City, and alleged leader Louis Lisi …
