ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - A former doctor in Roanoke County plead guilty Thursday to charges of improperly prescribing oxycodone and receipt of child pornography.
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Steven Joseph Collins, 51, of Roanoke County, Virginia, plead guilty to one count of receiving child pornography and two counts of dispensing oxycodone by illegal prescribing. Collins faces between a mandatory five years and 20 years in prison.
According to evidence presented at the hearing, between July 2010 and July 2013, Collins received digital video and image files of a minor, younger than 12-years-old, engaged in sexual activity. This sexual activity included prepubescent children engaging in oral sex with adult males.
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In addition, Collins admitted that on separate dates in January 2014 and April 2014, he authorized prescriptions for oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice.
In one instance, he wrote a prescription for oxycodone in the name of the husband of a patient to avoid having too many prescriptions in the patient's name. The husband was not, and had never been, a patient.