Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Charges

In April, surveillance cameras caught Randall Scott Jenkins, 55, of Maryville on two separate occasions, stealing bottles of pre-retail oxycodone from the controlled substance vault of the business, according to a plea agreement on file with the U.S. District Court.

Randall S. Jenkins, D. Ph., who was employed at City Drug Company in Maryville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee on February 9, 2021, admitting that he diverted oxycodone on April 20 and April 30 of 2018. He agreed to voluntarily and permanently surrender his license.

Investigators said later in May 2018, a federal search warrant executed at his home in Maryville, Tennessee, revealed hydrocodone in an unlabeled pill bottle, oxycodone in two pre-retail pill bottles hidden under clothes in his master bedroom, and 19 firearms and ammunition.

 “This case reflects the level of cooperation between the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration and our law enforcement partners, as we work together to stop the diversion of dangerous pharmaceuticals,” said D. Christopher Evans, Special Agent In Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field Division.

Jenkins faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, for each of the aggravated drug theft charges.