IU sophomore arrested, charged with selling Adderall

Bloomington police arrested an IU sophomore on four felony charges Tuesday after police say the student wrote and sold several fake prescriptions for Adderall.\nJonathan B. Lerner, 20, was charged with two counts of forgery as well as dealing and possession of a schedule II controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report. \nLerner was arrested in his apartment on the 800 block of East Hunter Avenue after police executed a search warrant, which was obtained after an informant tipped them off about Lerner’s activities, Canada said. \nA confidential informant told Bloomington police about Lerner on Feb. 6, Canada said. Under officers’ direction the informant then bought 60 pills of Adderall for $60.\nLerner admitted signing the names of doctors but denied selling pills to anyone, Canada said.\nLerner obtained blank prescriptions from his late father, Scott Lerner, who worked for Midwest Pulmonary Consultants, P.C., in Kansas City, Mo., before he died in 2000, Canada said.\nEmployees from Midwest Pulmonary Consultants said the prescriptions were at least 10 years old, Canada said.\nOfficers found numerous blank prescription pads and pill bottles throughout Lerner’s apartment.\nAccording to the police report, Lerner had 20 prescriptions filled in his name in the last six months at Kroger, Walgreens and Kmart.