COURTS: Faces charges of illegally selling pain medication at city pharmacy Pharmacist freed on bail
Jane Sims
Sun Media
January 3, 2009
A London pharmacist charged with illegally selling pain medication was released on bail yesterday.
The Forest City Pharmacy has a posted sign on the door, saying it is closed due to unforeseen circumstances, and asks customers to get new prescriptions from their doctors. The information number is the Ontario College of Pharmacists.(MIKE HENSEN/Sun Media)
Gregory Melville, 44, was released on $5,000 no-deposit bail, with his wife acting as surety.
A publication ban was imposed on evidence in the case.
Melville, arrested this week, was ordered by justice of the peace Kathy-Lou Johnson not to communicate with Elaine Boyce, 24, also charged in the case.
Melville also must abstain from drugs, not possess weapons, stay in Canada and live at his home, and not attend any pharmacy or dispense any prescription medication.
Melville was the pharmacist at Forest City Pharmacy at Wharncliffe Road and Belmont Drive.
He was charged after London police searched two homes and the London pharmacy.
He licence has been suspended by Ontario's College of Pharmacists.
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