A Texas woman facing charges in several jurisdictions for prescription fraud finds herself in similar trouble in Lincoln Parish.
Louisiana State Police investigators have obtained numerous warrants for Armesha S. Jackson, 42, of Mesquite, Texas alleging she obtained narcotics with fake prescriptions in Lincoln Parish.
The state police investigation involved fraudulent prescriptions and human trafficking in Caddo, Ouachita and Lincoln parishes. Jackson is reportedly wanted on similar charges in Texas.
Jackson’s Lincoln Parish charges include:
–one count of human trafficking
–one count of conspiracy to commit human trafficking
–12 counts conspiracy to obtain a legend drug by fraud
–12 counts of obtaining a legend drug by fraud
–4 counts of conspiracy to obtain a controlled substance by fraud
–4 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud
All the charges are felonies.
Jackson was transferred from the Ouachita Correctional Center to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. on June 16.
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