Doctor Arrested In Las Vegas For 2013 Sting In California

LAS VEGAS, NV - A 66-year old Las Vegas man was arrested on Wednesday after being indicted on federal charges of illegally selling prescription drugs to undercover agents. Wendell Mark Street was indicted by a grand jury on Feb. 9 and taken into custody today without incident by DEA Agents, according to a Department of Justice release.

Street allegedly sold oxycodone and alprazolam (known as Xanax) to undercover agents from his clinic in Victorville, CA in 2013. According to a release, the Justice Department alleges that Street wrote prescriptions without conducting a medical examination in exchange for "$200 to $300 in cash," from two investigators with the California Medical Board and an informant.

The indictment charges him with five counts of distributing oxycodone, with each charge carrying a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, and five counts of distributing alprazolam, with each charge carrying a maximum sentence of five years. Street was expected to appear in court on Wednesday.

The grand jury's indictment shows the alleged undercover transactions took place on August 1 and August 29 of 2013. Street's Victorville office was searched by investigators in 2014 and he gave up his California medical license in 2016. Street does not have a medical license in Nevada.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Victoria A. Degtyareva of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task is prosecuting the case for the Justice Department.

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