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Prestonsburg man arrested following child porn indictment
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been indicted on child porn charges, following an investigation by Prestonsburg Police.
Police received a complaint from a person who got into a dispute with Simon Roxas, 22, of Prestonsburg, after finding child porn on his phone. His phone was seized and underwent a forensic analysis by Ashland Police, who found nearly 200 child porn images on his phone.
The case was presented to a grand jury, which indicted Roxas on one count of possessing child porn and one count of distributing it. Each of the charges is punishable by 5-to-10 years in prison.
Roxas has been released to home incarceration after posting a $5,000 cash bond. As part of the terms of his release, he is forbidden from being on the internet and he is not allowed to possess any electronic devices.
He is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment April 11.
The case remains under investigation by Det. Dennis Hutchison.
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Son of former doctor who pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charge now facing charges of his own
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty last year to a federal drug conspiracy charge has now also been charged in the scheme.
Jeremy Bryson, son of former doctor Don Bryson, was indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to use the DEA registration number of another person, and engaging in a monetary transaction derived from criminal conduct.
Court records show Jeremy Bryson owned the Appalachian Family Medicine in Paintsville, while his father owned the building in which it was housed and worked for the clinic as a medical consultant. Authorities say Appalachian Family Medicine operated more like a pain clinic, seeing large numbers of patients who would pay $75 in cash to obtain prescriptions for opioid painkillers.
Don Bryson pleaded guilty last June to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
Records from the earlier case showed that the Brysons employed doctors hired from a temp agency and imposed limits on their medical decision-making, restricting them from ordering urine tests or pill counts and discouraging them from reducing patient dosages.
In that case, Don Bryson admitted that when a new doctor who didn’t have a DEA registration number required for prescribing controlled substances, he and his son authorized him to use the registration number of another doctor who previously worked at the clinic. Afterwards, the doctor wrote 79 prescriptions for more than 6,900 pills over a four-day period, using the other doctor’s registration number.
That case was the third time that Don Bryson had come under scrutiny for improper prescription practices.
In 2003, the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure restricted him from prescribing or dispensing controlled substances, over allegations he was inappropriately prescribing the drugs. That restriction was lifted the following year, after he completed several continuing education courses.
In 2011, his prescription practices came under investigation again, when the federal government filed a civil complaint against him for failing to adequately document the necessity of prescribing narcotics. In 2012, he surrendered his medical license, and in 2013, he agreed to pay $200,000 to settle the case.
Don Bryson now faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced later this month.
Jeremy Bryson could face a similar sentence if he is convicted in the new case. No date has yet been set for his first appearance in court.
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