Duo Suspected Of Using Mentor Printing Business To Make Fake Prescriptions

A duo are accused of using a Mentor print shop to create fake prescriptions, which they used to scam Adderall from local pharmacies.

The pharmacy at the Mentor Walmart and a local physician became suspicious of James Omersa, 39, of Painesville, after he repeatedly came to the department store to get a prescription for Adderall filled.

Even though the doctor had only given Omersa a single-use prescription, Omersa had come to the department store to have it filled "about a dozen times," Lake County Narcotics Agent Christopher Begley said.

Omersa owns the , a print shop on East Avenue. When narcotics agents and Mentor Police searched it, they found several fake blank prescription sheets, Begley said.

"He'd taken the original, legitimate prescription, put it in his system and created a program for duplicating blanks," Begley said.

Caroline Bower, 51, of Painesville, is accused of forging the actual prescriptions.

Both Omersa and Bower were arrested. Omersa was charged with deception to obtain a dangerous drug; Bower, illegal processing of a drug document.

They were arraigned Tuesday morning in Mentor Municipal Court. They were released on personal bonds. Their next court hearing is scheduled for Aug. 23.