Nurse practitioner faces eight drug charges
TONIA RENEE SUTTLES
In February, 2017, after receiving information from the Knoxville Police Department, TBI Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division began investigating allegations that Tonia Renee Suttles, 46, was obtaining controlled substances by fraud.
Information obtained during the investigation revealed that over a two-year period, while working at two medical practices in East Tennessee, Suttles used her position as a nurse practitioner to fraudulently obtain prescription medications.
Last week, the Anderson County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Suttles with eight counts of Prescription Drug Fraud.
On Thursday, Aug. 8, with assistance from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, Agents arrested Suttles.
She was booked into the Anderson County Jail on a $25,000 bond.