Woman admits illegally obtaining thousands of pills

A 48-year-old Minden woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to obtaining thousands of pills by posing as a doctor or nurse and phoning in prescriptions.

Roberta Bronwyn Jones is to be sentenced June 15. She faces up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

She pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain controlled substances by fraud. The crime can be treated as a gross misdemeanor a a felony.

"I illegally called in prescriptions to pharmacies and pretended to be a nurse or doctor," she told District Judge Dave Gamble.

She is accused of committing the crimes between November 2008 and October 2009.

According to reports, Roberts called five pharmacies and obtained 2,110 hydrocodone and oxycodone pills between March and October 2009.

In one month, she reportedly obtained 560 pills.

According to reports, she told deputies she had a kidney stone and was taking 20-30 of the prescription pain relievers a day.