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UPS worker took oxycodone from warehouse, police say

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Published: April 30, 2009

Updated: 04/30/2009 05:51 pm

CONCANNON

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 oxycodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said.

John Concannon, 30, of Port Richey, is charged with felony trafficking in a controlled substance. He was being held at the Land O' Lakes detention center Thursday on $50,000 bail, records show.

Sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said UPS contacted the sheriff's office about the missing pills about three months ago.

An investigation found that Concannon had taken 14 packages of the prescription painkiller – about 104 bottles of pills – from the UPS warehouse in Port Richey from June through April, Doll said.

It appears that the packages of pills that were taken came from one vendor, UPS spokesman Dan McMackin said. UPS' security department is not naming the vendor because the investigation is ongoing, McMackin said.

After his arrest Wednesday, Concannon told investigators he sold the pills for $600 a bottle. Each bottle contained 100 pills of 30 mg each.

Seized from Concannon's home were 138 grams of marijuana, 10 vials of steroids, 181 pills of alprazolam (Xanax) and $1,058 in cash, the sheriff's office said.

Concannon started working as a seasonal hire during the 2004 Christmas season, McMackin said. Concannon was hired as a permanent part-time worker in 2005.

He worked as a package handler, loading drivers' trucks in the morning, McMackin said.

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