DEA Raids Texarkana Clinic, Doctor Is Arrested

This morning (Tuesday, Oct. 8), federal agents from the DEA and FBI raided Primary Care Specialists and arrested Dr. Lonnie Parker. 

According to our sources, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas indicted Dr. Parker on nine counts of Prescribing Without a Legitimate Medical Purpose Outside the Scope of a Professional Practice.  However, this was not the first time the doctor has had legal troubles. He has also been arrested in the past for over prescribing in the past including a conviction for child pornography.

According to the Indictment, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office (LRDO), Tactical Diversion and Diversion Groups initiated an investigation into Dr. Parker of Texarkana, Arkansas in 2018 after receiving complaints from local law enforcement about a suspected pill mill and possible overdose death of a patient.

Investigators analyzed prescription drug monitoring data attributed to Dr. Parker, and the investigation revealed  Dr. Parker had done the following:

According to the Indictment, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office (LRDO), Tactical Diversion and Diversion Groups initiated an investigation into Dr. Parker of Texarkana, Arkansas in 2018 after receiving complaints from local law enforcement about a suspected pill mill and possible overdose death of a patient. Investigators analyzed prescription drug monitoring data attributed to Dr. Parker, and the investigation revealed Dr. Parker was an over-prescriber of controlled substances, to include opiates, benzodiazepines, and promethazine with codeine cough syrup in the Texarkana area. In the two-year period analyzed, Dr. Parker prescribed approximately 1.2 million dosage units of opiates, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, to approximately 1,508 patients (approximately 847 dosage units per patient). Dr. Parker also prescribed approximately 16 gallons of Promethazine with Codeine cough syrup to approximately 29 patients during the same time period.

Primary Care Specialists is located at E. 24th St. and County Ave in Texarkana, Ark.