A Wexford woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a pair of felonies in Butler County Court in a fraudulent prescription case.

Corrina Hoggard, 45, pleaded guilty before Judge William Shaffer to charges of insurance fraud and acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation.

In exchange for the plea, state Deputy Attorney General Kara Cotter 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.

It was a straight plea — also known as an open plea — meaning sentencing will be left to Shaffer's discretion. Hoggard is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 15.

Agents with the attorney general's office in November 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 allegedly 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 allegedly filled 12 prescriptions in her husband's name at Walgreens.

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

Investigators spoke to Hoggard, who admitted filling numerous unauthorized prescriptions, according to court documents. She told investigators she became addicted to the medication following abdomen surgery in 2014.

Hoggard's attorney, public defender Joseph Smith, noted in court Tuesday his client has no prior criminal record. He said sentencing guidelines call for restorative sanctions to three months in prison, plus or minus three months, for the insurance fraud charge.

For the other charge, acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, the guidelines call for nine to 16 months of incarceration, plus or minus nine months.

“The commonwealth would ask for a standard range sentence,” Cotter told Shaffer, “however, we would have no objection to house arrest or probationary sentence as the court would see fit.”

She also recommended the sentence order Hoggard to pay $643.65 in restitution and perform 50 hours of community service.