Ashland Doctor Under Fire
The federal government has accused a doctor from Schuylkill County of abusing alcohol and cocaine and writing prescriptions for people who didn’t need them. Dr. Stephanie Tarapchak has been practicing...
View ArticleAshland Doctor Facing Drug Charges
ASHLAND — A doctor in Schuylkill County is facing charges for allegedly prescribing large quantities of painkillers to people, and in one case, it turned deadly. Stephanie Tarapchak is an Ashland...
View ArticleArrested Ashland Doctor: A Life Spinning Out of Control?
SCRANTON — In 2011, Stephanie Tarapchak spent 10 weekends in the Women`s Unit of the Lackawanna County Corrections Facility, after a judge ruled Tarapchak contacted a teenaged child in violation of a...
View ArticleDoctor on Trial for Prescription Drug Crimes
SCRANTON — The trial for a doctor from Schuylkill County accused of handing out pills illegally is underway. Prosecutors say Dr. Stephanie Tarapchak of Ashland gave out thousands of prescription drugs...
View ArticleDoctor Found Guilty of Handing Out Pills Illegally
SCRANTON — A jury in Lackawanna County found a doctor from Schuylkill County guilty of handing out pills illegally. Stephanie Tarapchak of Ashland was convicted on eight of 12 charges, including the...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Doctor Sentenced to Prison
ASHLAND — A doctor in Schuylkill County was sentenced to up to 15 years behind bars. Stephanie Tarapchak of Ashland was found guilty last October of illegally prescribing pain killers to patients who...
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