Brief court appearance for doc accused of selling scrips
Dr. Saji Francis, 49, of Melville has been charged with selling prescriptions for the powerful painkiller oxycodone between Sept. 1 and Dec. 8, according to the Nassau County Police Department's narcotics/vice squad. (Dec. 9, 2009) Credit: NCPD
A Massapequa physician accused of selling prescriptions for pills such as oxycodone from his office near Massapequa High School made his first court appearance Friday in Mineola.
Saji Francis, 49, of Melville, remains free on bail. No action was taken in the brief appearance, and the case was adjourned to Jan. 8.
Francis has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of felony criminal sale of prescriptions. He is represented by Thomas McCullough of Jackson Heights, Queens.
Police have said the name "Dr. Frank," a nickname Francis uses, came up in interviews with drug suspects more than a year ago. It was only last summer, when a distraught mother of a young man with a heroin addiction called police and reported that Francis had sold prescriptions to her son, that he was identified.
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