{Lexington, Kentucky}...Tuesday, a federal jury in Lexington convicted Louisiana businessman 46 year old Michael D. Leman and Urgent Care Services clinics in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Prosecutors say Leman conspired with several of his employees from 2004 through 2008 to prescribe Methadone and Oxycodone to bogus patients who would travel five to 16 hours from Kentucky to clinics in Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio to pick up prescriptions for drugs that would be distributed in areas such as Pike and Floyd counties. Evidence and testimony at the trial showed that about 90 percent of patients who visited the Pennsylvania and Cincinnati clinics were from eastern Kentucky. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove set an August 2nd sentencing date.
