BOSTON, May 23, 2018—A former hospital employee and several of her personal associates have been indicted for allegedly using stolen prescription forms to allow herself and others to obtain powerful opiate painkillers, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

The indictments, unsealed today, charge JILLIAN CURRAN, 28, of Brighton with trafficking in Oxycodone, possession of Oxycodone with intent to distribute, uttering a false prescription, and multiple counts of conspiracy to violate the state’s drug laws.

Also indicted for trafficking in Oxycodone and conspiring with Curran were DWAYNE JOHNSON, 36, of Brighton; VALENTINA HERRERA a.k.a. JACQUELINE OTERO-DIAZ, 33, of Brighton; GLENDALYS SANTIAGO, 28, of Mattapan; JOSE SANTIAGO, 23, of Brighton; and JEAN TRIOLET, 49, of Brighton.

Boston Police arrested all six defendants today. They were arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court, where Clerk Magistrate Lisa Medeiros imposed $1000 cash bail for Curran and bails ranging from personal recognizance to $500 for her co-defendants.

Assistant District Attorney Macy Lee told the court that Curran allegedly forged more than two dozen prescriptions, primarily for 10mg tablets of Oxycodone in quantities of 60 tablets at a time. She allegedly wrote the prescriptions to herself and others from November 2016 through October 2017. The prescriptions, which appeared to be genuine, were filled at various pharmacies in the area.

The evidence does not suggest any wrongdoing by medical or pharmacy personnel at any stage of Curran’s alleged scheme, Conley said.

On Oct. 17, 2017, staff at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center were notified of refill attempts on some of these prescriptions. They denied the refill authorizations, notified the Drug Enforcement Administration, and identified Curran as the person who had allegedly forged them. Curran was terminated from her position as a medical secretary the next day.

The ensuing investigation by the Boston Police Drug Control Unit, the DEA, the Suffolk DA’s Narcotics Unit, and state and federal public health agencies led to the recovery of prescription forms allegedly filled out by Curran and video footage of the defendants as they sought and obtained fulfillment of those prescriptions at area pharmacies.

The defendants will return to court on May 31.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.