A 22-year-old Greenwich man is accused of stealing a local doctor’s prescription pad and using it to pick up narcotics at an in-town pharmacy.
Clay Woodruff, of 10 Hillside Drive, was charged with second-degree forgery, criminal attempt at illegal possession of narcotics and criminal attempt at obtaining a controlled substance by forgery.
Authorities said Woodruff was visiting the doctor’s office as a patient last year when he stole the unsecured prescription pad. He then forged the doctor’s signature to obtain narcotics at a local pharmacy.
It’s unclear how police first became aware of the theft, which they said they were able to trace to Woodruff, but they arrested Woodruff at his parents’ $4 million in-town home around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.
This is not the first time that Woodruff was arrested. In August 2011 police in Fairfield charged him with breach of peace after he was involved in an altercation outside Friendly’s restaurant at 3671 Post Road.
Woodruff is scheduled to appear in court on January 15th.
