ROCKINGHAM — A county employee facing multiple felony charges has announced her retirement.
County Human Resources Director Lori Tadlock posted on her Facebook page Tuesday that it was her last day working day.
Tadlock worked for the county for 13 years and seven months, according to information provided by County Manager Bryan Land.
She was hired as a payroll technician in 2005, moved up to human resources assistant in January of 2007 and became director in April 2008, where her ending salary was $91,531 per year.
Tadlock was arrested and charged March 12 following a joint two-month investigation between the Richmond and Moore county sheriff’s offices.
Investigators with the RCSO were contacted by their counterparts with the MCSO’s prescription diversion unit “concerning Tadlock receiving the same type prescriptions (of hydrocodone) from different prescribers,” according to a press release.
“Investigators were able to retrieve the documentation from the medical providers and pharmacies to determine Tadlock had received the same prescription from two different medical providers on two different occasions,” the release states.
Following Tadlock’s arrest, Land said that she had been been placed on “investigative status” and was “out of service.”
He added that no disciplinary action would be taken until “the completion of the process when all facts have been presented and conclusions have been drawn.”
Tadlock is charged with: two felony counts of trafficking opium or heroin; two felony counts of obtaining a prescription for a controlled substance through misrepresentation or withholding of information; two felony counts of insurance fraud; and two misdemeanor counts of simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
Tadlock was never booked into the Richmond County Jail, but released on a $75,000 unsecured bond — which means she did not have to pay any money up front.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for May 9.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
