Rossville woman sentenced to 280 years in prison

'Aunt Bea' gets federal prison term for operating pill mill

Aunt Bea
Aunt Bea
photo Barbara Lang

A 61-year-old Rossville woman convicted of running a "pill mill" from two Chattanooga pain clinics she operated was sentenced Thursday to serve 280 years in federal prison, a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice states.

Barbara Lang, a.k.a. "Aunt Bea," was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier after a 25-day trial.

She had been convicted on two counts of conspiring to distribute and dispense Schedule II and IV controlled substances, outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose; five counts of maintaining a premises for the purpose of distributing controlled substances; and fourteen counts of structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements, the news release states

Three other individuals also were charged in the case.

For complete details, see tomorrow's Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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