Last Suspect Arrested in Counterfeit Prescription Case

North Haven police arrested Jonathan Finkle, 24, of East Haven last Friday evening after the suspect, alleged to have attempted to use the Target Pharmacy on Universal Drive to fill counterfeit prescriptions in June along with three others, turned himself in at police headquarters.

Upon surrendering to authorities, Finkle was charged with illegally obtaining drugs, conspiracy to obtain drugs, criminal attempt to possess narcotics, forgery second degree and conspiracy to commit forgery in the second degree.

Last month, Brian DiCarlo, 32, of Waterbury, Joseph Pollio, 29, of East Haven, and Christopher DiLungo, 24, of North Branford were arrested and charged with similar counts. A police investigation into the fake prescriptions began after the pharmacy reported that four men had tried to purchase drugs using fraudulent paperwork.

Finkle will appear in court on August 11, and was released without bond. DiCarlo, meanwhile, is currently being held on a combined bond of over $80,000 from five separate cases. His next court date is scheduled for August 3. DiLungo and Pollio, both released from custody, have court dates scheduled for August 8 and August 15 respectively.

In an unrelated case, Matthew Sheehan, 25, of New Haven was arrested last Saturday night on State Street and charged with operating an unregistered motor vehicle, failure to display a front plate, failure to have stop lights and possession of a controlled substance. He is scheduled to appear in court on August 11.

Finally, a Wallingford and a Waterbury man were arrested early Monday morning after the two of them got into a fist-fight at a Washington Avenue diner, damaging the glass door of the establishment in the fracas.

Carlos Orellana, 23, was charged with assault third degree, breach of peace and criminal mischief third degree, while Javier Darwin Gonzalez-Pillco, 24, was booked with identical counts, save one for assault second degree, which officials  substituted for third degree when it was learned learned Orellana had been struck in the head by a beer bottle.

Both men were held in court Monday morning on $1,000 bonds.