MASON CITY – Two Algona women arrested in 2012 in connection to an investigation into forged prescriptions were eventually given light sentences, court records show.
Gina Splitt, age 36, had been charged with four counts of class C felony prohibited acts for controlled prescriptions, four class C felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, and two class D felony counts of insurance fraud.
Splitt later plead guilty to two counts of felony C prohibited acts, one count of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and one count of felony D insurance fraud. She was sentenced to probation and $5,811.30 in fines and court fees.
Melissa Ricke, age 35 had been charged with two class C felony counts and one aggravated misdemeanor count of prohibited acts for forged prescriptions, two class C felony counts and aggravated misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance and two class D felony counts of insurance fraud.
Ricke was later found guilty by a Cerro Gordo county jury of two counts of a felony C controlled substance violation and sentenced to probation and $1,789.24 in fines and court fees.
Both women received suspended prison sentences.
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WoW-that will really teach them a lesson. I am willing to bet those fines will never be paid. These people don’t have the money and don’t care anyway.
she looks meaner the “Mean Joe Green” wouldn’t want to get involved with those two prolly beat the shit out of you if you didn’t do it their way.