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del.icio.usRetired doctor gets 33 months in jail
BY RON SYLVESTER
The Wichita Eagle
A 76-year-old retired doctor will spend nearly three years in federal prison for unlawfully dispensing prescription drugs through an Internet pharmacy he owned in Wichita.
U.S. Senior Judge Wesley Brown sentenced Wilbur D. Hilst to 33 months at a hearing Thursday morning.
Hilst, of Wewoka, Okla., pleaded guilty in December to one count of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances.
Hilst admitted in his plea that he operated Red Mesa Pharmacy and filled orders that customers placed on two Web sites, Inegra Rx and SafeTrustProcessing.
The Web sites had contracted with doctors around the country to approve online orders based on customers' answers to questions, but without seeing or examining patients.
Brown required Hilst to serve one year of supervised release after he completes his sentence and ordered forfeiture of roughly $20,000 seized from his bank accounts. He can receive a 15 percent decrease on time served for good behavior.
Two co-defendants, Jerry Lovern and Robert Barron, await sentencing at 10 a.m. May 22.
Patricia O'Malley, a diversion investigator for the Drug Enforcement Administration, was a lead investigator on the case with prosecutor Mona Furst.
Reach Ron Sylvester at 316-268-6514 or rsylvester@wichitaeagle.com.
