According to a press release from the Department of Justice, John Theodore Hancock was arrested in Jefferson, Texas, by United States Marshals and agents of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with charges listed in a 112-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Greeneville on Sept. 9.
Authorities say Hancock, who operated Hancock Family Medicine in Mooresburg, Tenn., was indicted by a Hancock allegedly wrote patients prescriptions for drugs — including methadone, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and benzodiazepines — without performing physical examinations or determining the prescriptions were needed. Hancock is also accused of health insurance fraud and tax evasion.
The indictment identifies five patients who allegedly died due to Hancock’s prescription writing practices.
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