The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Martin Evers, age 66, of Pike County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 264 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for unlawfully prescribing oxycodone, fentanyl, and methadone to three patients, including a Monroe County woman who died as a result of using the drugs. In addition to the prison term, Judge Mariani ordered that Evers pay a fine in the amount of $50,000 and be supervised by a probation officer for three years following his release from prison. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Evers was convicted by a jury on December 5, 2022. Jurors deliberated for just two hours before finding Evers guilty on all 71 counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, as charged in the superseding indictment. The counts involved the unlawful distribution of oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone, all Schedule II controlled substances, and diazepam, a Schedule IV controlled substance. One of the counts for which Evers was convicted involved the unlawful distribution of oxycodone and fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 48-year-old Monroe County woman on February 11, 2019.
