Attorney General Michelle Henry announced a Luzerne County doctor is charged with diverting fentanyl and Dilaudid by falsifying records and reports while working as an anesthesiologist at medical facilities in Berks and Columbia counties. Richard Lemaster Hubbell was charged with 32 felony counts of acquisition or obtaining of possession of a controlled substance and related misdemeanors. Office of Attorney General agents, during a search at Hubbell’s home on Long Run Road in Drums, found hundreds of used and unused vials and syringes containing the two opioids. The investigation revealed Hubbell was diverting the substances by falsifying records to show the substances were administered to patients — some who did not even require them. According to the charges, Hubbell diverted the substances while working at Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgical Center in Berks County and Berwick Hospital in Columbia County.
