FRALIEX PLEADS GUILTY TO DOCTOR SHOPPING IN LYON COUNTY
FORMER CALDWELL COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL COACH MICHAEL FRALIEX ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG RELATED CHARGES THURSDAY MORNING IN LYON COUNTY. APPEARING BEFORE LYON CIRCUIT JUDGE WOODY WOODALL, THE 36-YEAR OLD FRALIEX ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO SIX CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUDULENT MEANS. THE CHARGE IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DOCTOR SHOPPING.
AS A PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT, FRALIEX WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON, WITH THE PRISON TIME DEFERRED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. FRALIEX WILL HAVE TO SERVE A TOTAL OF 30-DAYS IN JAIL. FRALIEX WILL ALSO HAVE TO PERMANENTLY SURRENDER HIS TEACHING CERTIFICATE.
FRALIEX WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY OF 2009 AFTER STATE POLICE DETECTIVES BEGAN INVESTIGATING HIM FOR ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN MULTIPLE PRESCRIPTIONS FROM VARIOUS PHYSICIANS IN THE AREA. A LYON COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED FRALIEX ON THE CHARGES IN APRIL OF 2009. THE CASE WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AND WAS PROSECUTED BY LYON COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY G.L. OVEY.
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