Tennessee doctor convicted in region’s first ‘Opioid Strike Force Takedown’
A Tennessee doctor pleaded guilty Friday to distributing opioids to people who were not his patients, marking the first conviction for...
As Authorities Investigate an East Tennessee Doctor We Ask - Who Is Policing Big Pharma?
COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — We've heard from many of you with questions after our report on Scott County Doctor Bruce Coffey. Dr. Coffey is...
One Doctor and 4.9 Million Addictive Pills, Now under Federal Investigation
ONEIDA, Tenn. — Longtime Oneida doctor Bruce Coffey wrote bogus prescriptions, co-owned a pharmacy where many of the pills were sold and...
One Doctor and 4.9 Million Addictive Pills, Now under Federal Investigation
ONEIDA, Tenn. — Longtime Oneida doctor Bruce Coffey wrote bogus prescriptions, co-owned a pharmacy where many of the pills were sold and...
East TN Docs to Plead Guilty to Pill Dealing
Two East Tennessee doctors who previously surrendered their state licenses have now agreed to plead guilty to federal drug charges in a...
Two East Tennessee Doctors Charged in Federal Opioid Overprescription Probe
Two doctors in East Tennessee have been charged as part of a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the overprescription of opioids. Dr....
Two Pain Clinics Shuttered amid Federal Investigation
Two East Tennessee pain clinics abruptly closed their doors last month after federal prosecutors accused their managing company of...
Feds: Sen. Steve Dickerson Made an Estimated $6.5M from Fraudulent Pain Clinics
Federal prosecutors estimate state Sen. Steve Dickerson profited at least $6.5 million from his ownership of a pain clinic company during...
Feds: Sen. Steve Dickerson, Pain Clinics Defrauded Taxpayers out of $25M, Using 'Liquid Gold'
Federal prosecutors have sued Nashville Sen. Steve Dickerson and several Tennessee doctors on allegations they defrauded the government...
Tennessee 'Rock Doc' Traded Opioids and Fentanyl Patches for Sex, Feds Say
Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. But maybe, just maybe, he showed too much. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse...