INDIANAPOLIS—Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced today the sentencing of John Feldman in federal district court in Evansville for charges stemming from a series of 2010 tri-state pharmacy burglaries and the subsequent distribution of stolen narcotics. Feldman, 33, of Evansville, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Richard L. Young to seven years in prison for his role in the related drug distribution/pharmacy burglary conspiracies.
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These federal charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Evansville Vanderburgh County Joint Drug Task Force, and other area state and local law enforcement agencies into a series of pharmacy burglaries occurring in Southern Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. Feldman and his co-defendant, Melissa Maynard, committed the burglaries, typically targeting small, locally owned pharmacies, and focusing on the theft of oxycontin and lortab tablets. Over the course of the criminal activities, Feldman was responsible for the burglary or attempted burglary of 13 pharmacies in Evansville, Poseyville, Mount Vernon, New Harmony, Chandler, and Haubstadt, Ind.; Hanson and Dawson Springs, Ky; and Marion, Carmi, and Grayville, Ill. The burglaries involved the theft of over 27,000 tablets of various prescription medications, most of which contained the extremely powerful and heavily abused narcotic painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone. The dollar losses sustained by the pharmacies were in excess of $25,000.00. Feldman distributed the stolen drugs to customers in and around Evansville.
In addition to the prison term, Chief Judge Young also imposed a term of three years’ supervised release upon the defendant following the completion of his sentence. Feldman was also ordered to make restitution to the victim pharmacies as a condition of supervised release. Sentencing for Maynard is currently scheduled before Chief Judge Young in the District Court in Evansville, on June 20, 2011, at 3:00 p.m.
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