Fair Haven Resident Faces Sentencing for Role in Oxycodone Distribution Ring

Little Silver doctor Jacqueline LoPresti was charged with illegally writing more than 6,000 prescriptions for more than 500,000 oxycodone tablets.

Posted Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:09 am ET|Updated Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:10 pm ET

A Fair Haven resident and Little Silver doctor will be sentenced at 2 p.m. Monday, July 29, for her role in an Oxycodone distribution ring.

Jacqueline LoPresti, a 52-year-old licensed doctor of osteopathy, was charged with illegally writing more than 6,000 prescriptions for more than 500,000 oxycodone tablets between January 2009 and December 2010.

LoPresti pleaded guilty last October to one count of conspiracy, NJ.com reported. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years and a fine up to $1 million. The court ordered LoPreseti to forfeit more than $400,000.

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