MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Thursday, September 27, 1990
The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B06
A Wyckoff dentist is facing charges of illegally obtaining 180 tablets of a prescription painkiller.
Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said Dr. Steven Hutt was arrested in a Bergen County Narcotics Task Force investigation on Tuesday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance. Hutt, 43, allegedly obtained the drug Fiorinal for personal use.
Hutt was arraigned on the charge Wednesday and was released on his own recognizance.
Fahy said Hutt phoned in the improper prescriptions to a pharmacy on at least six occasions between Dec. 15, 1987, and March 28, 1988.
Fahy said someone brought the alleged violations to the attention of task force investigators in the past month.
“This is a serious offense, given his position in the community,” Fahy said.
Hutt, reached at home on Wednesday, declined to comment. He referred questions to his lawyer, Andrew Baron of Cranford. Baron could not be reached by telephone on Wednesday.
Hutt could face 30 years in prison and fines of up to $45,000 if convicted.
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