LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Lincoln have arrested a local orthopedic surgeon, accusing him of a ruse to feed his opioid addiction. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says Dr. Keith Hughes carried out a scheme to write fraudulent painkiller prescriptions to a patient, which he then bought from the man. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that deputies arrested the 55-year-old Hughes on Tuesday following a monthslong investigation. Wagner says the Nebraska Foot and Ankle doctor has written 63 prescriptions for 4,300 pills to 32-year-old Colby Digilio over the last two years. Wagner says Hughes and Digilio were arrested Tuesday after deputies watched Digilio pick up a prescription, then drive to meet up with Hughes in south Lincoln.
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