WOMAN USES DAUGHTER TO GET ILLEGAL DRUGS

A SARASOTA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY ON A WARRANT FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES.  INVESTIGATORS WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL DIVERSION UNIT FOUND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE NOVEMBER THAT 34 YEAR OLD DEANNA ZAPPI CALLED IN FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HYDROCODONE AND ALPRAZOLAM TO AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT PHARMACIES IN THE NAMES OF HER BOYFRIEND AND HER ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.  ZAPPI THEN HAD THE CHILD PICK-UP THE PRESCRIPTIONS.  ZAPPI HAS A HISTORY OF OBTAINING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY FRAUD IN BOTH SARASOTA AND MANATEE COUNTIES, AS IN 2002 SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS ON BLANK PRESCRIPTION PADS STOLEN FROM A DOCTOR’S OFFICE.  SHE WAS CHARGED THIS TIME WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF OBTAINING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD AND TWO COUNTS OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A CHILD.  SHE WAS RELEASED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER POSTING AN $8000 BOND.