Indiana Statesman

Nursing instructor pleads not guilty to prescription fraud

By Chris Sweeney

News Editor

Published: Monday, January 30, 2012

Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Holbert

Professor Amy Ann Holbert

An Indiana State University nursing instructor has pleaded not guilty to charges of prescription fraud.

Amy Ann Holbert, 37, and an instructor in the department of baccalaureate nursing, made a second appearance in Vigo County Court Division 6 Monday in conjunction with prescription forgery charges. Judge Michael J. Lewis found probable cause for her arrest during a probable cause hearing on Jan. 25, and granted the prosecution 72 hours to file formal charges.

On Monday, Holbert entered an official not-guilty plea and Lewis set a pre-trial hearing date for June 21 at 2 p.m.

Holbert was arrested Jan. 24 by Terre Haute police officers at a Walgreens located at 13th Street and Wabash Avenue after the pharmacist alerted police that the prescription appeared to be suspicious.

Holbert is scheduled to appear in Vigo County Court Division 6 for a pre-trial hearing on June 21st at 2 p.m.

A jury trial is set for July 12 at 9 a.m.

Holbert holds a bachelor's and master's degree from ISU where she studied nursing. She began work as an adjunct faculty member at ISU in 2006. 

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