Physician Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution Offense

On July 26, 2022, Maurice Daughtry, 38, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role as one of the organizers of a conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.

According to Daughtry’s plea agreement and other court records, Daughtry entered into an agreement with co-conspirator, D’Livro Lemat Beauchamp, to obtain illegitimate prescriptions for oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. At the time the conspiracy began, Beauchamp was a physician operating a medical practice in Montgomery, Alabama. Per their agreement, Dr. Beauchamp would sign oxycodone prescriptions made out to either Daughtry or one of his other co-conspirators. The co-conspirators would pay Dr. Beauchamp $350 per prescription.

Once Dr. Beauchamp signed the prescriptions, the individuals named on the prescriptions—including Daughtry—would have them filled at local pharmacies. Daughtry would then collect pills from the co-conspirators, paying each one between $100 and $250 per prescription. Daughtry would then illegally distribute the oxycodone pills he obtained.

Daughtry’s plea agreement indicates that he first received a prescription from Beauchamp as part of the scheme in August of 2012. Thereafter, Daughtry received prescriptions for 90 30-milligram oxycodone tablets approximately once a month. Daughtry specifically admitted during his plea hearing to receiving and filling 54 prescriptions representing a total of 145,800 milligrams of the drug. Documents indicate that the conspiracy continued until April of 2020 and involved numerous co-conspirators, some of whom were operating at Daughtry’s direction.

Eleven people have pleaded guilty to charges related to distributing oxycodone involving the physician. The suspects appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to possess oxycodone with intent to distribute unlawfully and for illegally distributing the prescription drug.

• Joseph Anthony Coleman, 37, of Montgomery, Alabama
• Kambria Symone Robinson, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia
• Rubin Sanders, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia
• Towanna Lorrell Chapman, 36, of Montgomery, Alabama
• Jamal Anthony Thomas, 37, of Montgomery, Alabama
• Maurice Daughtry, 38, of Marietta, Georgia
• Melodie Donne Armer Cheatham, 38, of Savannah, Georgia
• Carlos D’Angelo Jones, 34, of Memphis, Tennessee
• Garren Charles Rogers, 35, of Houston, Texas
• Geniece Chadell Maxon, 33, of Lynwood, Illinois
• Robert Lee Thompson, 32, of Madison, Alabama