An investigation by the TBI has led to the indictment of a Clinton, Tennessee woman on charges that she fraudulently obtained prescription drugs.

After receiving information from the Knoxville Police Department, TBI agents with the Drug Investigation Division began investigating allegations that 47-year-old Tonia Renee Suttles 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.

This week, the Anderson County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Suttles with eight counts of prescription drug fraud. Yesterday, with assistance from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, agents arrested Suttles. She was booked into the Anderson County Jail on $25,000 bond.