September 05, 2015
Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office/Contributed Art
Adam James Snyder (L) and Lisabeth Cerciello (R).
Two people have been charged with diverting prescription drugs in Lehigh County, the Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
One woman allegedly used her father's prescription pad to deliver a variety of drugs, while one man is accused of using his position as a security guard to steal painkillers.
Lisabeth Cerciello, 48, used her hospitalized father's prescription pad to write prescriptions for at least seven people, authorizing drugs normally used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and opioid addiction, prosecutors say.
She was not registered through the FDA to do so and did not have a medical license, authorities say, but still allegedly saw seven patients at her home in Allentown where her father practiced medicine during the fall of 2014.
Cerciello has been charged with 15 counts each of delivery of a controlled substance, improper use of a registration number and practicing medicine without a license, as well as one count of identity theft.
Unsecured bail was set at $20,000 after a preliminary arraignment Wednesday and a preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 8.
Also charged in an unrelated case is 25-year-old Adam James Snyder of Slatington.
Snyder, according to prosecutors, worked security at Lehigh Valley Health Network's Cedar Crest Campus where he stole keys to nab six vials of the painkiller morphine in January.
He is charged with acquisition or possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and possession of a controlled substance.
His unsecured bail was set at $15,000 after an arraignment Wednesday and his preliminary hearing is also scheduled for Sept. 8.
Cerciello's case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Christie Bonesch of the office's Drug Strike Force Section and Snyder's case is being handled by Lehigh County District Attorney James B. Martin.
