Tulsa Physician Booked On Charge Of Getting Pain Pills By Fraudulent Prescriptions

<p>A Tulsa doctor turned himself in on a charge of obtaining a controlled drug by writing fraudulent prescriptions.&nbsp;</p>

Thursday, July 20th 2017, 12:47 pm

By: News On 6


A Tulsa doctor turned himself in on a charge of obtaining a controlled drug by writing fraudulent prescriptions. James Lawrence Fleckenstein was booked into Tulsa County Jail Thursday morning, July 20.

The 60-year-old physician is accused of writing prescriptions for pain medication to his wife and a friend of hers then using the pills himself.

Prosecutors said he wrote prescriptions for several different kinds of pain medication from June, 2013, to October, 2016. 

7/17/2017 Related Story: Tulsa Doctor Charged With Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For Pain Pills

Fleckenstein posted a $5,000 bond and was released that afternoon.

logo

Get The Daily Update!

Be among the first to get breaking news, weather, and general news updates from News on 6 delivered right to your inbox!

More Like This

July 20th, 2017

March 14th, 2024

December 4th, 2023

September 25th, 2023

Top Headlines

March 28th, 2024

March 28th, 2024

March 28th, 2024

March 28th, 2024