Doctor Illegally Prescribes Drug To Hooters Staff: Prosecutor

GREENBELT, MD — A Prince George's County physician was indicted on federal drug charges Thursday for illegally prescribing thousands of Amphetamine (Adderall) pills to waitresses at various Hooters restaurants throughout Maryland.

William Samuel Vaughn III, 62, of Largo worked as a physician at an urgent-care center in Potomac. He allegedly prescribed four people 3,210 20-mg and 30-mg Adderall pills between January 2014 and June 2017, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Maryland.

“Any physician who ignores the health and wellbeing of his patients and illegally prescribes narcotics to members of our community who are struggling with addiction is no better than a drug dealer selling from a street corner," Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Montgomery County Police Department said in a statement.

Vaughn, also known as "Skip," was charged with 66 counts of distribution and dispensation and causing and attempting to cause the distribution and dispensation of controlled dangerous substances.

ABC7 News reports Vaughn wrote the illegal stimulant prescriptions for four waitresses at Hooters restaurants in Rockville and Laurel.

"Today's indictment and arrest exposes Vaughn's lack of concern for the true health of his patients," FBI Special Agent-in-Charge of the Baltimore Field Office Gordon B. Johnson said in a statement. "Vaughn violated his privilege and authority to prescribe controlled drugs lawfully by putting his own personal gain ahead of his patients' health and well-being."

Vaughn faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

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