PENSACOLA, Fla. — Four Pensacola women have pleaded guilty in a federal case involving the unlawful diversion of controlled substances, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.
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According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Alexandra M. Christensen, 31, Lindsay N. McCray (also known as Lindsay Rogers), 42, Heather T. Bradley (also known as Heather Thomas), 37, and Jennifer E. Purves, 39, each entered guilty pleas in connection with the alleged drug diversion scheme.
Ms Christensen and Ms McCray were charged with and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone and hydrocodone. Christensen was also said to have helped pick up and distribute unlawfully obtained pills, according to prosecutors.
Ms McCray, Ms Bradley, and Ms Purves were charged with and pleaded guilty to distribution of amphetamine. McCray was further charged with and pleaded guilty to identity theft in connection with the alleged diversion scheme.
“The opioid epidemic has plagued our communities with addiction and death for years as criminal offenders like these defendants flooded our streets with drugs,” said U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin.
“Now, thanks to the close collaboration between our state and federal law enforcement partners, this illegal drug diversion scheme has been dismantled, and these offenders will be held accountable.”
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According to court records, between 2015 and 2024, Ms McCray allegedly forged controlled-substance prescriptions while employed at a medical practice, using the names, signatures, and Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers of two physicians without their authorization.
McCray reportedly issued prescriptions using the names and identifiers of people who were not actual patients and, in many cases, were fictitious.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the pills were dispensed by area pharmacies, picked up by Ms Christensen and others, and unlawfully sold for shared profit. Christensen is said to have helped obtain the pills during the course of the alleged scheme.
Prosecutors reported that Ms McCray, Christensen, and others caused more than 300,000 hydrocodone pills and more than 30,000 oxycodone pills to be unlawfully distributed.
McCray also coordinated with Ms Bradley and Purves to distribute amphetamine in the form of Adderall or its generic equivalent. Bradley and Ms Purves allegedly filled prescriptions in their own names and others’ names to distribute the medication for profit unlawfully.
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Purves is said to have received payments that passed back through Ms McCray.
Sentencing hearings are scheduled before United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II on December 11, 2025, at 1 p.m. for Purves; on December 18, 2025, at 1 p.m. for McCray and at 2 p.m. for Christensen; and on January 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. for Ms Bradley.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA’s Diversion Control Division, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alicia H. Forbes is prosecuting the case.
