Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony D. Scanlon sentenced Dr. Lawrence Wean, 61, 10 to 20 years in a state correctional facility for illegally prescribing narcotics and filing false insurance claims. Wean was convicted by a jury on Oct. 2, of 99 counts of unlawful prescribing of controlled substance and all counts of insurance fraud, for examinations of patients that were never performed. Wean, referred to as the “Pill Mill” doctor, was a doctor for 27 years at his medical practice located in Nether Providence Township. Wean was arrested Dec. 17, following a three-month investigation by undercover Detectives Steven Bannar and John Newell with the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division Narcotics Task Force and Insurance Fraud Unit, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and investigators with Independence Blue Cross.
Deputy District Attorney Sharon McKenna prosecuted the case. Sentencing was Dec. 9.
