Crime & Safety
Romeoville Woman Tried to Buy Painkillers with Fake Prescription: Police
Shelly Buck, of Romeoville was charged with identity theft and possession of a controlled substance April 29.
A Romeoville woman was arrested Monday after police said she tried to fill a fake prescription for painkillers.
Shelly B. Buck, of the 500 block of Glen, was charged with identity theft and possession of a controlled substance.
Buck was taken into custody after she tried to fill a fake prescription for Norco, which is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. She had previously filled the same prescription on April 26, just three days before she was arrested.
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The incident took place at a Bolingbrook CVS Pharmacy at 725 W. Boughton Rd.
Buck was processed and transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.
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