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Dental receptionist arrested=
published July 16, 2008 1:39 pm
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A receptionist for a dental office in Mars Hill has b=
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arrested and charged with embezzlement and distributing=
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controlled substances from her former place of employmen=
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said an officer from the Madison County Sheriff’s=
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Department.
Anita Michelle Reed, 38, of Mars Hill, was charged by=
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Madison County Sheriff’s Department with four coun=
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embezzlement - involving $3,400 in cash - and felony=20
distribution and dispensing of hydrocodone.
Her employers, doctors Reese Steen and his daughter,=
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McKenzie Snider, asked law enforcement officials to=20
investigate after an internal audit revealed discrepanci=
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their books, said Deputy Pat Heffner.
After an investigation, Reed was charged with embezzl=
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and with the drug-related charges, accused of having cal=
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at least 15 prescriptions for family and friends during =
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approximate one year of her employment, Heffner said. =
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The deputy said Reed was cooperating, and he said the=
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still some loose ends to tie up and possibility of addit=
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charges.
Reed was arrested Friday. She was released on an $8,2=
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unsecured bond. Her court date is Tuesday, Aug. 5. 
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