Doctor with Practice in Potomac Indicted for Drug Distribution

A federal grand jury indicted a Largo doctor who had a practice in Potomac on Wednesday, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore.

Dr. William Samuel “Skip” Vaughn III, 62, of Largo, faces charges of distribution of controlled dangerous substances. The indictment unsealed Thursday upon Vaughn’s arrest.

Vaughn practiced out of an urgent care center in Potomac, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. According to the 66-count indictment, he prescribed four individuals 3,210 20 mg and 30 mg amphetamine (Adderall) pills outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. Vaughn wrote the prescriptions between January 2014 and June 2017, according to the indictment.

Amphetamine is a stimulant and is commonly used for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, and is available in generic form and under the brand name Adderall.

“Vaughn violated his privilege and authority to prescribe controlled drugs lawfully by putting his own personal gain ahead of his patients’ health and well-being,” FBI Special Agent-in-Charge of the Baltimore Field Office Gordon B. Johnson said in the statement. “When trusted doctors fail, the FBI and our partners are going to hold them accountable.”

“Any physician who ignores the health and wellbeing of his patients and illegally prescribes narcotics to members of our community who are struggling with addiction is no better than a drug dealer selling from a street corner,” Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger said in the statement.

Vaughn faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

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