Waveland doctor gets prison in pill-ring case
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A 56-year-old Mississippi doctor has been sentenced to prison and fined $10,000 for his role in a prescription-pill ring at a Waveland clinic.
The Sun Herald reports Dr. Steve Morris III was sentenced to 37 months in prison in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden also ordered three years of probation in a case that centered on activity at Total Health Solutions Inc.
Morris, charged with two others in a 57-count indictment, pleaded guilty in October to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance outside the scope of professional medical practice.
Federal drug agents arrested him in a May 13 raid at the Waveland clinic.
