COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former Columbia doctor pleaded guilty to unlawfully prescribing narcotics to a couple while practicing as a family doctor.
60-year-old James Oscar Williams pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, with a 3-year term of court-ordered supervision to follow the prison term for prescribing over 100,000 pills of various controlled substances to David and Jennifer Mozingo between January 2015 and November 2019.
Williams admitted to unlawfully distributing oxycodone and alprazolam and had his medical license revoked. Other controlled substances Williams prescribed to the Mozingos included hydrocodone and dextroamphetamine.
The Mozingos pleaded guilty to drug and firearm offenses and admitted to selling most of the drugs Williams had prescribed. David Mozingo was sentenced to 111 months in federal prison, and Jennifer Mozingo was sentenced to 33 months.
There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, United States Postal Inspection Service, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Richland County Sheriff’s Department, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, and Columbia Police Department.
