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Fri Apr 19, 2024, 07:10 AM Apr 19

Hundreds frustrated over potential release of disgraced KC pharmacist Robert Courtney

Source: Fox 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hundreds of Missouri families are furious over news regarding a disgraced Kansas City pharmacist, and his potential release from prison.

Robert Courtney, now 71, is due to be sent to a halfway house, after a 2002 conviction of selling diluted cancer medicines.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons website shows his original sentence would have kept him locked up until May 2026. However, he’s scheduled to be sent to a Springfield, Missouri halfway house on June 20.

“What Robert Courtney did was horrific,” Grant Davis, a Kansas City attorney who represented more than 100 families tied to this case, said on Thursday.

Read more: https://fox4kc.com/news/hundreds-frustrated-over-potential-release-of-disgraced-kc-pharmacist-robert-courtney/

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