LAPLACE - The St. John Sheriff's Office arrested a LaPlace man Thursday for attempting fraud of four pharmacies into giving him unprescribed doses of Vicodin with forged prescription forms.
Three of the four pharmacies suspected the prescriptions were fraudulent and called in police to arrest Brian Trosclair, 28, of 130 S. Church St. in Garyville, who was arrested at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday and was bonded out of jail five hours later for $311.
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After his trip to Winn-Dixie he continued his pursuit for pills at Fred's Pharmacy, but when a pharmacist at Fred's Pharmacy questioned the prescription's authenticity and called the supposed issuing doctor, Trosclair burst out of the building and sped off in his beige Lincoln.
But Trosclair wasn't ready to give up.
Police arrived at Fred's Pharmacy to question the pharmacist when a call came in over the radio that Trosclair was spotted trying to fill his forged prescription at LaPlace Wal-Mart on Airline Highway.
Trosclair was seen wandering the store when police arrived at the pharmacy, so employees told Trosclair over the store intercom that his prescription was ready in a trap set up by officers.
When he came to the desk to fill his prescription, police approached him, verified his identity and booked him with three counts of forged prescriptions for obtaining controlled substances and one count of forged prescriptions under false pretenses.
Police also heard over the radio that Trosclair tried to submit a fraudulent form at the Winn-Dixie moments before his arrest.
Officers booked him with a $1,400 bond at the St. John Correctional Center, but he was bonded out for $311 roughly five hours later. St. John Parish residents can pay a reduced bond for their release, typically 10 percent.
“It shows how determined people are for pills,” said St. John Sheriff's Office spokesman Maj. Mike Tregre. “He has to know he is going to get caught. But you find a lot of good people with a problem and he's not the only one.”
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