VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach plastic surgeon will serve 12 months probation, pay a $20,000 fine and do 400 hours of community service after being found guilty on two drug charges.
In 2021, Virginia Beach police arrested Dr. John Mancoll when they found narcotics in his car after a traffic stop. For some of the narcotics found, Mancoll had a prescription, for others, he did not.
After his arrest in 2021, Dr. Mancoll surrendered his registration to prescribe drugs. He is still allowed to practice and perform surgeries and even has opened a new office since his arrest.
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In Mancoll's federal case trial, he faced five narcotics charges: two counts of drug possession and three counts of obtaining a controlled substance through fraud.
Several patients testified in the case, claiming that Mancoll prescribed pain medication he knew they were allergic to. When they called him, they said he asked them to return the pills to the office before writing them a different prescription.
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A former nurse also described three instances she called a "red flag" when she saw Dr. Mancoll handling patient medication.
The government argued that Mancoll was a "smart doctor" with chronic pain who refused to take responsibility for his actions.
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After a a jury deliberated for four hours on June 1, Mancoll was found guilty of the drug possession charges, but not the three charges of obtaining a controlled substance through fraud.
Editor's note: A correction was made to this story to clarify that Dr. John Mancoll still practices medicine after our article incorrectly stated he was a "former" surgeon.
