Oakdale Woman Arrested Trying to Fill False Prescription

An Oakdale woman was summoned to appear in Washington County court for an Oct. 8 incident in which she allegedly tried to fill a false prescription for diazepam—a Schedule IV controlled substance.

According to a Washington County criminal complaint filed on Oct. 22:

Anna Jean Goski, 25, was arrested at Target in Cottage Grove after trying to fill a prescription for diazepam under the name "Demarcus Freeman."

According to the complaint, pharmacy staff suspected the prescription was fraudulent and called St. Paul's Britton Center—the facility from which the prescription was issued.

Goski allegely told responding officers she was filling a prescription for a friend. She was then taken into custody and charged with felony fifth-degree procurement of a controlled substance by false name or credit. 

Responding officers spoke to a representative from Britton Center on Oct. 11 and were told the company was "aware of numerous recent fraudulent prescriptions written on Britton Center prescription pads," the complaint states.

Officers also learned Freeman was not a patient of the Britton Center. 

If convicted of the charges against her, Goski faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.