Woman cops to faking meth prescription

When a probationer was reported to have failed a drug test last month she tried to blame it on her medical prescription, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court.

But, as it turns out, her doctor had not actually prescribed meth.

Ginger Sharpe, 34, had pleaded guilty to forgery charges last year and sentenced to probation last year. Now she faces additional forgery and identity theft charges because police say she created a fake label on a prescription bottle for “methamphetamine 5 mg tablets” to fool her probation officer.

The whole thing started on Feb. 23, when police say Sharpe reported to probation and parole and tested positive for methamphetamine. She said it was due to her prescription and even brought in the empty pill bottle for the illegal drug.

The drug prescribed wasn’t the only thing that looked amiss to police. They said the label wasn’t glossy and the lettering appeared to be “slightly fuzzy in appearance.”

When the officer called the doctor whose name was on the bottle he laughed and said “I have never prescribed methamphetamine,” according to the complaint.

Sharpe eventually admitted it was fake and said a “friend is the one who made the prescription for her” and “her friend was convinced she would ‘get away’ with it.”