Tiptonville doctor guilty on 45 counts Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:25 pm
A federal jury in Memphis returned a verdict Wednesday finding a Tiptonville doctor guilty of unlawfully distributing narcotics.
Dr. Rosaire Michael Debrule, 62, and his wife, Kim Debrule, were found guilty of conspiracy to distribute Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Memphis.
The maximum penalty for violation of federal law in this instance is no more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine of no more than $1 million, or both, and a term of supervised release of no more than three years.
Rosaire Michael Dubrule was also found guilty of 44 counts of unlawfully distributing Schedule II and III controlled substances in violation of federal law by allegedly issuing written prescriptions for the drugs outside the usual course of medical practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.
The maximum penalty for this violation is also no more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine of no more than $1 million, or both, and a term of supervised release of no more than three years.
In addition, the jury found that $1,068,000 worth of the Dubrules’ assets should be forfeited to the government, according to an announcement of the verdict from Lawrence J. Laurenzi, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; Brian Chambers, resident agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Memphis office; and John Mehr and Steve Phelps, special agent in charge and assistant special agent in charge, respectively, of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s West Tennessee office.
The federal indictment indicated Rosaire Michael Dubrule was a medical doctor who operated Reelfoot Family Medical Center, a medical practice in Tiptonville, and that Kim Dubrule assisted her husband in the operation of the practice.
The indictment charged the Dubrules with allegedly participating in a conspiracy to illegally distribute Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances from December 1998 through August 2004 in violation of federal law by issuing written prescriptions for the drugs outside the usual course of medical practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.
The indictment also charged Rosaire Michael DuBrule with 44 counts of unlawful distribution of the controlled substances Loritab and Loracet Plus, which are classified as Schedule III controlled substances, and Percocet, which is classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, between September 2002 and August 2004. In each instance, the indictment charged that the controlled substances were distributed by way of a written prescription issued outside the usual course of medical practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.
Count 46 of the indictment sought the forfeiture of certain property from the Dubrules as the proceeds of the illegal activity charged in Counts 1 through 45 of the indictment.
Rosaire Michael Dubrule was taken into custody immediately following the verdict, while Kim Dubrule was allowed to remain on bond pending sentencing.
Sentencing for both of the Dubrules is set for Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. before U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson in Memphis.
The case was investigated by special agents Brent Booth and Doug Pate of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration diversion investigators Rhonda D. Phillips, David Graham and Heather Wehrley and Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Mike Woodham. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Murphy.
Published in The Messenger 8.12.10 , , | 
