FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — A Flowery Branch woman was arrested for issuing fraudulent prescriptions, police say.
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Flowery Branch police conducted an investigation that revealed 44-year-old Ashley Dean, of Flowery Branch, had unlawfully written 37 false prescriptions over 10 months.
Investigators said the prescriptions were filled at a local pharmacy in Flowery Branch.
Dean was arrested and charged with 37 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraudulent means
She was booked into the Hall County Jail.
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