An employee at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has resigned after his name surfaced along with three other Warren County/McMinnville Police officers in an investigation into illegal distribution of prescription drugs and TennCare fraud at the Ameri-Care Urgent Care Clinic in McMinnville.
In a prepared statement, Sheriff Patrick Ray states that “on August 3rd, I was formally advised of an active investigation involving one of my employees. On August 4th, I placed the employee on paid administrative leave pending outcome of the investigation. Then on August 5th, the employee resigned their employment from the Sheriff’s Department.”
“The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an internal investigation and is fully cooperating with all investigating agencies in this matter. The nature of my department’s internal investigation centers around a probe being conducted in Warren County and the investigation will seek to determine if the former employee’s conduct was criminal in nature.”
“At this time the former employee’s name is being withheld until the investigation is completed.”
According to the Southern Standard, a raid was conducted Monday morning by state and Warren County law enforcement agencies at the Ameri-Care Urgent Care Clinic on South Chancery Street in McMinnville amid allegations of TennCare fraud, other insurance fraud, and illegal distribution of drugs.
A Warren County Sheriff’s deputy has been placed on unpaid suspension and an internal personnel probe is being conducted at the McMinnville Police Department where two officers there have been implicated in the case.
The DeKalb County employee is a former patrolman with the McMinnville Police Department
Since the Monday raid, investigators have been going through paperwork trying to figure out whether prescription drugs and narcotics were really being sold illegally.
Officials said so far no charges have been filed.
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