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Doctor's aide in oxycodone case pleads guilty

Robert Hachemeister, Dr. William Conway's assistant, leaves federal

Photo credit: James Carbone | Robert Hachemeister, Dr. William Conway's assistant, leaves federal court in Central Islip. (Jan. 9, 2012)

A longtime aide to a Baldwin doctor charged with causing the deaths of two patients by overprescribing the painkiller oxycodone pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute the drug and agreed to testify against the physician.

Robert Hachemeister, 67, also of Baldwin, a 20-year employee of Dr. William Conway, said in a statement that "I agreed with Dr. Conway to write and issue individual...

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