Tampa Man Sentenced for Selling Prescription Narcotics

Tampa resident Kevin Massimino was sentenced to three years in prison and five years supervised release by a federal judge last week. Massimino pleaded guilty to selling prescription drugs in an operation that involved two Pasco County sheriff’s deputies.

Federal prosecutors alleged that Massimino sold hydrocodone and Xanax which had been stolen by Robert “Fat Bob” Caddick. Caddick was chief financial officer for Medipharm-RX, a local internet pharmacy whose license to sell controlled substances was suspended by the DEA in late 2006. Massimino was previously a Medipharm employee as well.

Pasco County sheriff’s Deputy Don Riggans pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute hydrocodone and received a twenty-four month sentence. Riggans’ former colleague Deputy Rodney Philon pleaded guilty to a steroid possession charge and was sentenced to two years of probation, including six months of house arrest. Both were fired after charges were filed in March 2008.

Caddick was sentenced to 27 months. U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara regarded Massimino as the most culpable of the co-defendants but allowed him to remain free on bail until a surrender date was set by the U.S. Marshal’s Service.