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A former St. Clair Shore doctor was convicted Friday in a number of federal indictments related to prescription drug offenses, including death from an overdose, federal prosecutors said.
Bernard Shelton, 66, was found guilty of 21 counts by a jury in the U.S. District Court in Detroit in a trial that began in late February, according to a news release from the Detroit U.S. Attorney’s Office. faces a prison sentence of more than 20 years.
Shelton was indicted in October 2017.
“Doctors who riskfully prescribe opiates for their own benefit endanger communities just like any other drug dealer,” U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said in a release. Be accountable.
