A 29-year-old LeRoy man and former pharmacy technician has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after being convicted on charges of medical theft and intent to distribute.
In a sentencing hearing Sept. 7, U.S. District Judge Colleen Reynolds found Isaac Jackson responsible for “diverting” more than 28,000 hydrocodone pills from the medical supply chain to the “illicit drug market.”
Court documents show Jackson was charged with stealing alprazolam and promethazine with codeine and selling those drugs illegally. Hydrocodone is an opioid used to treat pain; alprazolam is used in the treatment of anxiety or panic disorders. Promethazine with codeine is a prescription-only cough suppressant medication that includes the opioid codeine.
Jackson is a former employee of Sullivan Drugs, a family-owned chain of retail pharmacies serving central and southern Illinois with stores in Carlinville, Litchfield, Raymond, Mt. Olive, Staunton and Gillespie.
Jackson was charged on Aug. 3, 2021, with theft or embezzlement in connection with health care and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (hydrocodone). He was indicted by a grand jury in October 2021 and pleaded guilty to both counts in November 2022.
In addition to 30 months in federal prison, Jackson also was sentenced to three years of court supervision on both counts and must pay a total in restitution of nearly $4,000.
The case was investigated by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Illinois State Police, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department, Carlinville Police and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
