Crime & Safety

Acworth CVS Employee Took, Sold Prescription Drugs

She was arrested Tuesday. Her husband was arrested early this morning.

An Acworth woman who worked at the Baker Road CVS Pharmacy has admitted to stealing thousands of prescription pills from her job and selling them.

Trishanne Williamson was arrested late Tuesday on charges that include four counts of sale of methamphetamine, one count of possession of amphetamine and one count of theft by taking.

Between Dec. 1, 2012, and May 11, 2013, Williamson told investigators with the Acworth Police Department she took 1,565 prescription pills from her job at 3513 Baker Road, Suite 500.

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According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, the thefts were caught on store surveillance and in pharmacy audits.

Williamson took:

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  • 500 Percocet pills valued at $855.99;
  • 500 Oxycodone pills valued at $674.99;
  • 400 10mg/325mg Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen pills valued at $1,307.99;
  • 100 Xanax pills valued at $36.09;
  • 50 5mg/325mg Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen pills valued at $35.79;
  • and 15 Oxycontin pills valued at $111.14.

During a search of Williamson's 2001 Ford Expedition, investigators found more drugs: four Hydrocone and Acetaminophen pills that were loose in her purse and four Oxycodone and Acetaminophen pills that were in an unmarked pill bottle in her purse.

Williamson is in the Acworth City Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond.

Her husband, Jeremy Williamson, was arrested early this morning on charges of possession of a schedule I or II controlled substance with the intent to distribute; possession of a schedule III controlled substance; sale of a schedule III, IV or V controlled substance and receipt; and possession or transfer of firearm by a convicted felon.

That's because authorities found 35 Hydrocodone pills, seven Alprazolam pills and two Suboxone film strips in the couple's bedroom that were not prescribed to them, according to the warrant.

"Accused did make statements without being asked that the money found near the pills belonged to him," an officer wrote in the warrant. "Wrapped around the money were drug notes regarding the sale of prescription pills."

Investigators also discovered a semiautomatic pistol on Jeremy Williamson's side of the bed. Ammunition for the gun was found in a closet next to his helmet as well as inside a safe where his money was located. 

Jeremy Williamson cannot have firearms. He was convicted of marijuana possession in Bartow County in January 2002.

He is in custody in lieu of $20,000 bond.

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