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Amityville Woman Accused of Faking Prescriptions

Police say defendant tried to scam two Massapequa pharmacies.

An Amityville woman called called in bogus prescriptions to two Massapequa pharmacies and one in Seaford, police said.

Diane Bonser, 43, is also accused of pretending to be a doctor.

Bonser was arrested Thursday after allegedly making five calls to pharmacies requesting prescriptions. On Oct. 18 police said she called on Sunrise Highway claiming to be a doctor. She allegedly requested prescriptions for two types of painkillers.

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Ten days later, called the pharmacy at the Sunrise Mall Walmart and called in two more painkiller prescriptions while pretending to be a representative of a doctor's office, according to cops.

Bonser allegedly made three more calls in December to the CVS pharmacy located at 2250 Seamans Neck Road in Seaford.  On all three occasions, she claimed to be a representative from a doctor's office, requesting one prescription for a painkiller.

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She was charged with  four counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, two counts of identity theft in the second degree and criminal impersonation in the first degree.


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