Case DIH-0842
Martin Evers
A primary care physician in Milford, Pennsylvania, who prescribed oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone outside professional practice; oxycodone and fentanyl he prescribed killed a 48-year-old Monroe County woman in February 2019. Pharmacies, and Walmart nationwide, had refused to fill his prescriptions. Fined $50,000.
- Court
- Federal, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Year of death
- 2019
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Oxycodone; fentanyl; methadone
- Conduct
- Prescribing
- Relationship
- Prescriber / patient
- Conviction
- Unlawful distribution of controlled substances (71 counts), one resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- 264 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Pennsylvania’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Pennsylvania in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govNews release pike county physician sentenced 22 years imprisonment drug distributions
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