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For Immediate Release:
June 22, 2012

Media Contact:
Det. Aida Fina-Milian
[email protected]
(305)471-1900

   
Topic: Concealing Information to Obtain Prescription
Case #: PD120520191495
Date & Time of Occurrence: 06/22/2012  
Address of Occurrence: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties
   
Subject #1:
Subject Name: Mark Rodriguez, (W/M)
Subject Age: 41
Subject Address: Exempt
Subject Charges: Withholding of Information from a Practitioner in Order to Obtain a Controlled Substance (43 counts) / Organized Scheme to Defraud (1 count)
Subject Description: Miami-Dade Police Officer


Miami-Dade Police Officer Arrested on charges of Withholding of Information from a Practitioner in Order to Obtain a Controlled Substance or a Prescription and Organized Scheme to Defraud


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- 

The Miami-Dade Police Department, Professional Compliance Bureau, in conjunction with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution, conducted an investigation from December 2011 through June 2012 which yielded probable cause to obtain an arrest warrant for the defendant, Mark Rodriguez.  The defendant is a 20 year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department.  The Statewide Prosecutor is charging him with 43 counts of Withholding Information from a Practitioner in Order to Obtain a Controlled Substance or a Prescription for a Controlled Substance of Like Therapeutic Use within Thirty Days of a Previous Prescription and one count of Organized Scheme to Defraud. 


 
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact CrimeStoppers
(305)471-TIPS (8477) or (866) 471-8477
Visit www.crimestoppersmiami.com and select “Give a Tip”
Send a text message to 274637. Enter CSMD followed by the tip information and press send.
   

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