Case DIH-2042
Lafayette James Twyner Jr.
A Newton, Iowa, physician who prescribed pain medications to patients with no legitimate need for them, some admittedly addicted; he pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing hydrocodone resulting in death, and the court accepted a plea agreement for five years in prison followed by three years of home confinement.
- Court
- Federal, Southern District of Iowa
- State
- Iowa
- Year sentenced
- 2014
- Drugs
- Hydrocodone (prescriptions)
- Conduct
- Prescribing
- Relationship
- Prescriber / patient
- Conviction
- Illegally dispensing hydrocodone resulting in death; health care fraud
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 5 years in prison
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Iowa’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Iowa in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govFormer newton doctor sentenced 5 years prison prescribing controlled substances outside
- justice.govFormer newton iowa doctor pleads guilty health care fraud and illegal distribution
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