Brad Anderson Arrested

[10lbsofgold]

Just read an article in the Charlotte newspaper that Brad Anderson was arrested for prescription drug fraud. You can read the article online Charlotte.com or do search on charlotte observer. The title of the article is "Operator of Myers Park Beauty Salon Busted".

[GarvinStomp]

that is unfortunate. He seemed like a nice guy at Fanfest in August. He must've been desperate to get pain killers.

[LarrySC]

From WCNC.com Charlotte, NC

Operator of Myers Park Beauty Parlor Busted

07:27 AM EST on Wednesday, February 8, 2006

By 6NEWS Staff
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A 36-year-old hair stylist was arrested last week after police said he used customer information to obtain prescription drugs.

Last week police arrested Bradley Eugene Anderson and charged him with prescription fraud.

Police said the victims had no idea they were being taken. They said the hairdresser would pick up important clues from casual conversation, remember those details, and then hit 15 pharmacies in North and South Carolina.

“I have no comment,” Anderson said.

6NEWS caught up with Anderson and his southeast Charlotte home. He owns Studio 416 on Providence Road.

“I think the general reaction was shock,” said Capt. Bruce Bellamy, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Bellamy heads the city’s VICE unit. He said Anderson used information from his customers to forge prescriptions for hydrocodone, a painkiller.

“You have a whole range of emotion from being shocked to surprised. They may have been taken advantage of. Betrayal and anger and so forth,” Bellamy said.

6NEWS tried to get Anderson to tell his side of the story.

“Is there anything at all you want to say about this,” asked 6NEWS reporter Glenn Counts.

“I have nothing to say. I’d appreciate it if you’d leave me alone,” Anderson said.

Police said they actually caught Anderson in the act at a local pharmacy. They said his clients had no idea that the information he was picking up in casual conversation was being used against them.

“They’d start a conversation I had a birthday today…when is your birthday? That kind of information can actually be used against you and it’s kind of alarming,” Bellamy said.

Police said people should be very careful with who they share information with.

Anderson’s name may sound familiar. His father was a famous wrestler who used to wrestle against Ric Flair. Anderson also had a brief career as a wrestler himself.