PHILADELPHIA—Michael Katzin, was charged today by superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit pharmacy burglary, one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, one count of pharmacy burglary, and one count of possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The superseding indictment charges that the defendant conspired and agreed with Harry Katzin and Mark Katzin, both charged elsewhere, and others known and unknown to the grand jury, to enter Rite Aid pharmacies, including the Rite Aid pharmacy located at 1852 Brownsville Rd, Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania on November 18, 2010, and the Rite Aid pharmacy located at 807 S. 4th Street, Hamburg, Pennsylvania on December 16, 2010, with intent to steal materials and compounds containing any quantity of a controlled substance, including amphetamine salts, dextroamphetamine, fentanyl, methylphenidate, dexmethylphenidate, morphine sulfate, meperidine, oxymorphone, tapentadol, codeine sulfate, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, hydrocodone APAP, hydrocodone chlorpheniram, oxycodone, and oxycodone APAP, each a Schedule II controlled substance; and whose replacement value was not less than $500, and to knowingly and intentionally possess these controlled substances with the intent to distribute them.

The superseding indictment further charges that the defendant burglarized the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 807 South 4th Street, Hamburg, Pennsylvania on December 16, 2010, with intent to steal materials and compounds containing any quantity of a controlled substance, including to Schedule II and other controlled substances, including amphetamine salts, dextroamphetamine, fentanyl, methylphenidate, dexmethylphenidate, morphine sulfate, meperidine, oxymorphone, tapentadol, codeine sulfate, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, hydrocodone APAP, hydrocodone chlorpheniram, oxycodone, and oxycodone APAP; all Schedule II controlled substances; and whose replacement value was not less than $500.

If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of 70 years’ imprisonment, a $2,500,000 fine, three years’ supervised release up to lifetime supervised release, and a $400 special assessment. The case was investigated by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, the New Jersey State Police, the Philadelphia Police Department, the Southampton Township Police Department, and the Hamburg Borough Police Department, and has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Thomas M. Zaleski.