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A Summerville woman was sentenced to four years probation and ordered to pay restitution to the pharmacy where she worked for stealing prescription opiods.

WZQZ News reported in December of 2018 on the arrest of Diane Harper, and employee of CVS Pharmacy in Summerville.  Summerville Police were called in to investigate after the pharmacy discovered a large amount of “Tramadol” missing from their inventory.

Tramadol is prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain in adults.

Harper was arrested on December 12, 2018 after police believed there was enough evidence to indict her on charges of obtaining a controlled substance by fraudulent means.  Harper was subsequently indicted on the charges and confessed to taking over 900 of the pain pills from CVS Pharmacy.

Harper has been sentenced to four years probation under the first-time offenders act and has been ordered to pay restitution to CVS.