A Cranberry Township woman must pay more than $162,000 for fraudulently filling prescriptions for opiate and other drugs.

In September, Corrina D. Hoggard, 46, pleaded guilty to charges of insurance fraud and acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation.

On Thursday, Common Pleas Judge William Shaffer sentenced Hoggard to nine years of probation and ordered her to pay $162,177.76 in restitution. Shaffer said he would consider shortening Hoggard's probation if she is able to pay off the restitution within seven years.

Hoggard also was sentenced to six months to a year in jail, but she was immediately paroled with the first nine months on house arrest with electronic monitoring. The parole and probation run concurrently.

Hoggard explained in court that she became addicted to pain medicine following a hospitalization in 2012 with a form of endometriosis. After undergoing a hysterectomy, she said she became addicted to pain medication.

“That's what ultimately led to the charges,” she said. “Drug abuse and mental health issues doesn't excuse my actions. What I did really sickens me.”

Last year, agents with the Attorney General's office accused Hoggard of obtaining oxycodone, hydrocodone and other drugs by filling 54 fraudulent prescriptions, using her name and her husband's name at Rite Aid and Walgreens pharmacies in Butler County.

She used her insurance plan to pay for 19 of those fraudulent prescriptions, totaling $643.65.

According to court documents, Hoggard filled 42 prescriptions at the stores in her name, 32 of which were written by one doctor and 10 by another, between May 2017 and January 2018.

Insurance covered 18 of the prescriptions totaling $316.49. Of those, the complaint indicates Hoggard received more than 730 hydrocodone, 430 oxycodone, 360 clonazepam and various amounts of other prescriptions.

Additionally, between June 2017 and January 2018, she filled 12 prescriptions in her husband's name at Walgreens.

Those dozen prescriptions were prescribed by three different doctors, and billed to insurance totaling $327.16. Of those, she received 170 hydrocodone and various other drugs.

When Hoggard entered the plea deal, prosecutors with the state Deputy Attorney General agreed to withdraw an additional felony count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation and misdemeanor charges of forgery and theft by deception and violating the state Pharmacy Act.

Hoggard entered a straight plea — also known as an open plea — meaning that sentencing was left to Shaffer's discretion. During sentencing, Shaffer said he decided to put Hoggard on probation instead of sending her to jail because of Hoggard's situation.

A prosecutor with the Attorney General had no objection to the probation.

“I'm so sorry I allowed myself to go down that hole,” Hoggard said.