VALE WOMAN CHARGED WITH PRESCRIPTION FORGERY

Brittney Lingerfelt is accused of trying to pass a forged prescription at a Lincolnton pharmacy Monday afternoon.

By Jon Mayhew

A Vale woman learned the hard way that returning to the original scene of the crime wasn’t a smart idea after all.

Monday afternoon, Lincolnton Police officers Ashley Boyles and David Mocanu arrested Brittney Lingerfelt at Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln for felony prescription forgery.

“Lingerfelt tried to use the forged prescription at nearby Keever Pharmacy,” said Boyles, adding a doctor had written the original prescription.

What made matters worse for Lingerfelt of Houser Farm Road was she returned to the hospital after trying to pass the prescription. The report didn’t indicate what the prescription was for or how the forgery took place.

While officers searched Lingerfelt, they discovered she had a marijuana pipe with a trace of pot inside, as well as rolling papers. Lingerfelt, 19, was cited on the drug possession charges.

The teen was arrested, however, on the forgery charge and taken to the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $1,500 secured bond. She remained in jail as of late Monday night after her bond was surrendered. New bonds totaled $9,000.