Crime & Safety

Police: Pair Used Forged Scripts to Get Drugs

The following arrest information was supplied by the Hopatcong police department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Police arrested George Gergatsoulis, 20 of Florida and Nicole Travers, 24 of Jefferson on charges of using forged prescriptions to obtain pain medicines from the A&P Pharmacy. The arrest came on Nov. 3 after an an extensive investigation, police said.

Bail was set at $25,000 for each. Both were charged with forgery, Travers was additionally charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Gergatsoulis was lodged in Morris County Correctional Facility. Travers was turned over to the Morris County Prosecutors Office Fugitive Unit on a no bail warrant from Morris County.

For more information on this report, contact susan.toth@patch.com.

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