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Dr. Felix Rodriguez pleads guilty to supplying drug ring with oxycodone

Originally published: February 27, 2013 5:53 PM
Updated: February 27, 2013 5:54 PM
By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  timothy.oconnor@cablevision.com

A Bronx doctor who illegally gave oxycodone prescriptions to drug dealers who wound up peddling the powerful painkiller on Yonkers streets pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court, authorities said.

Dr. Felix Rodriguez, 50, was charged in October along with five other members of a drug-dealing ring that for two years conspired to illegally sell oxycodone and cocaine.

Rodriguez -- who...

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