On September 1, 2021, following a three-day trial in the United States District Court at Chattanooga, a jury convicted 64-year-old Mark Daniel Allen, formerly of Manchester, Tennessee, of unlawfully distributing prescription opioids to patients at a clinic he owned in Manchester, Tennessee. Following the jury’s verdict, Allen was taken into custody. Sentencing is scheduled for January 21, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., before the Honorable Travis R. McDonough. Allen faces up to 20 years in prison for each count of conviction.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Acting U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III of the Eastern District of Tennessee; Special Agent in Charge Joseph Carrico of the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Derrick Jones of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG); and Director David Rausch of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) made the announcement.
The FBI, HHS-OIG, TBI, Manchester Police Department, and Coffee County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Brooks of the Eastern District of Tennessee and Trial Attorney Emily Petro of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section represented the United States at trial.
Source: Partner Station WMSR in Manchester, TN