Morristown: A 34-year-old Wharton woman who allegedly posed as a doctor to fool pharmacists and get her hands on prescription painkillers in Mount Olive, Dover and the Rockaway area was indicted on multiple fraud charges.

The charges include multiple counts of obtaining narcotics by fraud; possession of prescription painkillers; possession of a controlled dangerous substance; and practicing medicine without a license. The drugs included Amoxicillin, Hydrocodone, Xanax, Diflucan, Vicodin.

Shannon Rolph was caught more than once between October 2007 and this past October after pharmacists called police. Rolph would allegedly pose as a doctor and call in prescriptions, then go to the pharmacy and tell them she was picking up the drugs for that person. She remains free from the Morris County Jail.

Despite these pending charges, every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt following a jury trial at which the defendant has all of his rights guaranteed by the U.S. and New Jersey Constitutions and relevant state law.

(This story was filed Dec. 18, 2008. Media agent Bill Swayze can be reached at 973-285-6200.)