EL CAJON DUI DEFENDANT FACES PRESCRIPTION FRAUD AND BURGLARY CHARGES
EL CAJON, Calif. -- A 26-year-old Ramona woman already facing five DUI cases -- one involving an alleged hit-and-run crash that injured a child -- pleaded not guilty Thursday to six counts each of prescription fraud and burglary.
Tiffany Adamo went "doctor shopping" to come up with 950 Vicodin tablets, 240 Valium pills and numerous other types of medications, Deputy District Attorney Victor Barr told Judge Patricia Cookson.
"She went to several different doctors without telling them about the other ones," Barr said. Adamo saw at least seven doctors, and possibly as many as 15, Barr alleged. The defendant got the pills from about 11 pharmacies, according to the prosecutor.
On Oct. 13, Adamo was arrested in the parking lot of Grossmont Center in La Mesa, where she allegedly struck a 7-year-old boy with her vehicle, pinning him against another car.
The defendant had a blank expression on her face and refused to take her foot off the gas pedal until witnesses intervened, said prosecutor Polly Shamoon, who handled an earlier hearing.
Adamo is charged in that case with driving under the influence of drugs, hit-and-run with injury and felony child abuse.
Defense attorney A. King Aminpour said his client didn't steal anything and was "an upstanding citizen" who had no criminal record until she became addicted to Vicodin in the past few months.
The defendant was injured in a car accident two years ago and has been in pain ever since, the attorney said.
According to Shamoon, the defendant's previous arrests that resulted in misdemeanor charges were on:
May 25, following a single-car accident on Interstate 8 near Lake Jennings Park Road
June 28 in Poway, when witnesses reported Adamo was driving poorly and could barely walk or talk when she got out of the car Sept. 27 and Oct. 10 in La Mesa, after which she had to be revived at the hospital.
Cookson Thursday increased Adamo's bail from $1 million to $1.145 million and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Dec. 20.
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