One leader of a Northern Virginia oxycodone-distribution ring that helped others get their start dealing illegal narcotics has pleaded guilty, and a plea hearing is scheduled later this week for another. Marc Harding, 29, of Broad Run, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria to conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. His cousin, 24-year-old Brooke Reighard, of Haymarket, is slated to have a plea agreement hearing on Friday.
They have gotten thousands of fraudulent prescriptions for painkillers filled over the past four years by making digital forgeries of a legitimate prescription, according to court records. They sold some of the painkillers to others, and some of the buyers later began fraudulently obtaining and distributing the drugs as well, court documents say.
