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-- Jonathan Mummolo

MANASSAS

Doctor Charged With Prescription Fraud

An anesthesiologist at Prince William Hospital has been charged with using a former hospital patient's name to obtain medication, Manassas police said yesterday.

Carlos Ocampo, 38, of Fairfax was charged with prescription fraud, grand larceny, identity theft and computer fraud after police learned that he used a patient's name to access medicine, authorities said. Police said they are still investigating.

-- Jonathan Mummolo

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Armed Robber Sentenced to 93 Years in Prison

A Fairfax County man who was convicted of three armed robberies in Fairfax and Arlington counties was sentenced in federal court yesterday to more than 93 years in prison.

James E. Rose Jr., 35, was arrested in Annandale in February 2007, a month after a string of holdups in the Huntington area and in Arlington by a man with a sawed-off shotgun. Rose was convicted in April by a U.S. District Court jury in Alexandria.


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