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By Susy Solis, CBS 11 News -May 4, 2012 10:00 PM<\/p>\n

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Ann Lenhart on Crutches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –<\/strong> Anne Lenhart never thought filling a prescription at CVS Pharmacy in Dallas could land her in jail.<\/p>\n

The avid yoga practicer raised more $20,000 for Off the Mat, Into the World Global Seva Challenge. OTM is an organization that was founded by Seane Corn, Hali Kouri, and Suzanne Sterling as a way to take the ideas of yoga and translate them into action.<\/p>\n

This year OTM was heading to Haiti for a service mission in which they bought and installed lights, worked at Haiti\u2019s tent cities and various other projects.<\/p>\n

On their off time, Lenhart and her group headed the Haitian city of Jacmel, a mountainous region with waterfalls and beautiful natural pools.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the trouble began. Lenhart had waded in the water beneath\u00a0 the waterfall, then climbed up some 30 feet onto a cliff overlooking the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided I was ready to come down off the waterfall and it was then that I slipped and I hit an outcropping about 10 feet down and then from there fall another 20 feet into the water,\u201d Lenhart said. The water saved her life but she shattered her kneecap on the way down.<\/p>\n

With the help of several men, Lenhart climbed out of the area and after a 3 1\/2 hour trip to the nearest hospital in Port-Au-Prince, she underwent reconstructive surgery with no general anesthesia.<\/p>\n

A week later she was flown back to the U.S., still in deep pain, and admitted into Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave me a pretty high, heavy duty narcotic, Norco, as a painkiller going forward and I had used that up. It had been a month and I had called for my refill,\u201d Lenhart said.<\/p>\n

The pharmacy called Lenhart to ask her exactly what time she would be in pick up her prescription. She thought it was odd, but told the pharmacy what time she would be there.<\/p>\n

Still on crutches and unable to drive, a friend of Lenhart\u2019s, drove her to a CVS Pharmacy in Oak Cliff.<\/p>\n

She wasn\u2019t able to pick up her prescription because a police officer arrived to pick her up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like \u2018we need to go outside,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI was on crutches and I had a permanent IV line in my arm. I had a big leg brace. I asked him if it was necessary and he said yes and he rather policingly escorted me out the front door and into the back of a waiting patrol car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lenhart was so stunned, she didn\u2019t think to ask the officer questions. The officer explained to her what was going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018Well we believe that you have forged your pain pill prescription and we are calling your doctor now. But I\u2019ve worked with this pharmacist a number of times and he\u2019s never made a mistake,\u201d Lenhart said.<\/p>\n

The officer then took her the Dallas County jail, where she remained overnight.\u00a0 After she was released on bond, she was charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, a felony.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t go back to work until HR had received the paperwork that this was a mistake from my attorney,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Dallas police later dropped the charges after speaking with Lenhart\u2019s doctor. The Dallas Police Department declined to talk to CBS11 about Lenhart\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

Now she is suing CVS Pharmacy for False Imprisonment, Defamation and more.\u00a0 Her attorney, Jeff Benton, said her arrest could have been prevented had proper procedures been followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery doctor that prescribes a narcotic had a DEA number that\u2019s unique to them and if that is cross referenced and the correct doctor is contacted then I don\u2019t imagine that this type of thing would happen,\u201d Benton said. \u201cWe suspect the wrong doctor was contacted because they didn\u2019t cross reference the DEA number.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everyday pharmacies fill millions of prescriptions for controlled substances. Those drugs are monitored by the DEA.<\/p>\n

Lenhart\u2019s doctor confirmed in an affidavit that he wrote the prescription for her and that he never received a call from CVS asking to confirm the prescription. Benton thinks the pharmacy may have called the wrong physician.<\/p>\n

A representative from CVS Pharmacy said, \u201cWe are investigating how this unfortunate incident occurred and we are working to resolve the matter with Ms. Lenhart and her attorney. As this involves pending litigation, we are unable to provide additional comments at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to think that they would actually write me a letter that says \u2018I am sorry that this happened to you,\u2019\u201d Lenhart said.<\/p>\n

But even more than an apology, Lenhart wants to make sure that this never happens to another patient in pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want somebody else. I don\u2019t want somebody who I love to go there and get arrested,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Read More: http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2012\/05\/04\/woman-jailed-for-trying-to-fill-a-prescription\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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