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Seashore Drugs in Wilmington, located off Carolina Beach Drive, and its former owner and pharmacist-in-charge will pay $1 million in civil penalties for allegedly over-filling prescriptions for opioids and ignoring red flags. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy Google Maps) WILMINGTON — Wilmington-based Seashore Drugs Inc., its former owner John Waggett, and its pharmacist-in-charge Billy W. King II will pay $1,050,000 in civil penalties for allegedly dispensing opioid prescriptions egregiously for several years. This week a federal court entered into a consent order with the pharmacy, its form...

Court orders Wilmington pharmacy to pay $1 million-plus fine, stop dispensing controlled substances Court orders Wilmington pharmacy to pay $1 million-plus fine, stop dispensing controlled substances By WECT Staff | December 17, 2020 at 9:19 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 4:45 PM RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - A federal court has ordered a Wilmington pharmacy to cease dispensing controlled substances and pay a $1.05 million fine. The consent order from a federal court in the Eastern District: Permanently prohibits Waggett from dispensing opioids or other controlled substances; Prohibits King fr...

By Neil Cotiaux, posted Dec 17, 2020 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Thursday that the former owner and pharmacist-in-charge of Seashore Drugs Inc. have agreed to $1.05 million in civil penalties as part of a consent agreement with the government stemming from practices that prosecutors allege helped turn the local pharmacy into a magnet for drug abusers.   While not admitting the allegations, former Seashore Drugs Inc. owner John D. Waggett and former pharmacist-in-charge Billy W. King II agreed to resolve charges filed by t...